AUBUSSON, 18th century. THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE - Lot 331

AUBUSSON, 18th century. THE FABLES OF LA FONTAINE Pair of surrounding tapestries, in the suite of Oudry, cream damask ground, decorated with a medallion featuring the Fables of La Fontaine, The Two Bulls and a Frog and The Wolf, the Deer and the Lamb in a figured frame, garlands of flowers under a knotted ribbon, gilded figured baguette and bat wing, scrolls in the spandrels, red wine-lees braid. Approx. 240 cm long, 163 cm wide. (wear and restoration) Bibliography: Pascal-François Bertrand, Aubusson tapestries des Lumières, compare with p. 266, Fig. 370, the Two Bulls and a Frog. Page 262: "In 1754, the Aubusson tapestry-makers asked for Oudry's cartoons to be sent to them, but to no avail, as they were still on the looms. Variant replicas were nevertheless produced in Aubusson. Many were executed in the medallions of tapestries in the vicinity (figs. 369 and 370). A small group of Aubusson tapestries features a fable, framed in red drapery with a large cap at the top, fine palms and trophies.