Offered by Havas Antiquités
Aubusson tapestry around with medallion from the second half of the 18th century in an exceptional state of freshness.
Woven in an Aubusson workshop after a cartoon perhaps by Pierre Ranson (1736-1786).
It is a tapestry of low warp in wool and silk with 9 warp threads per cm, which corresponds to the superior quality which is manufactured around the middle of the 18th century to satisfy a very demanding clientele and which is called fine tin. , sometimes called silk fonf (between 7.5 and 9 warp threads per cm). This tapestry is of this finest quality: fine tin, the word tin coming from stamen which designates a fine woolen cloth.
The central medallion represents Meleager offering the head of the Calydonian boar to Atalanta. She was the first to hurt him with an arrow during his hunt and Meleager killed him with his stake.
This representation is taken from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
The gods, companions of Meleager, are present to honor Atalanta.
Period: last third of the 18th century.
The tapestry is lined and in a remarkable state of color freshness.
The same medallion is represented on a Sèvres porcelain cup which is in the English royal collections.
The international city of tapestry in Aubusson has a tapestry around of the same quality. Inv. 98.7.1
