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Auction 10 October 2023 GALERIE CHEVALIER COLLECTION: TAPESTRIES, RUGS AND ANTIQUE TEXTILES - Paris

Bid on the lot list Giquello : 10 October 2023 - COLLECTION GALERIE CHEVALIER : TAPISSERIES, TAPIS ET TEXTILES ANCIENS EXPOSITIONS :Galerie Chevalier - 25, rue de Bourgogne 75007 ParisDu mardi 5 au vendredi 29 septembre 2023Le lundi de 14h à 18h30, du mardi au vendredi de 10h à 18h30et le samedi sur RDV uniquement +33 (0)1 42 60 72 68 Expositions à l'Hôtel Drouot - 9 rue Drouot 75009 Parisles vendredi 6 octobre et lundi 9 octobre de 11h à 18hen salle 2 et salles 5 et 6 Téléphone pendant l’exposition + 33(0) 1 48 00 20 05 et +33 (0) 1 48 00 20 02téléphone pendant la vente le mardi 10 octobre : +33 (0)1 48 00 20 05 Contact :Odile CAULE<a href="mailto:o.caule@giquello.net" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">o.caule@giquello.net</a>+33(0)1 47 70 48 90 Salle 5-6 - Hôtel Drouot - Paris

GALERIE CHEVALIER COLLECTION: TAPESTRIES, RUGS AND ANTIQUE TEXTILES

Tuesday 10 October 2023 - 14:30 (CEST) - Live

Salle 5-6 - Hôtel Drouot - 75009 Paris

Giquello

GALERIE CHEVALIER COLLECTION: TAPESTRIES, RUGS AND ANTIQUE TEXTILES

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Lot n° 1

Battle scene Brussels tapestry Second...

Battle scene Brussels tapestry Second half of the 16th century H. 2.93 x W. 3.93 m H. 9ft 7 ½ x W. 12ft 10 ½ Iconography and description: The scene may be one of the many battles of the great Cyrus. Indeed, the tapestry once paired with another scene...

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Lot n° 2

Tapestry with the Parreno-Calderon...

Tapestry with the Parreno-Calderon family coat of arms (Spain) Bruges tapestry 16th century, circa 1550 City mark and workshop mark. H. 2.88 x W. 3.23 m H. 9ft 6 x W. 10ft8 Marks on the tapestry: The tapestry features two types of markings: At the bottom...

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Lot n° 3

The Harvesters' Meal Brussels tapestry First...

The Harvesters' Meal Brussels tapestry First half of the 16th century H. 3.40 x W. 3.97 m H. 11ft 2 x W. 13ft Description : This beautiful tapestry recreates an almost life-size scene of peasant life at harvest time. In the center of the scene, seated...

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Lot n° 4

Cabbage leaves with birds Flemish...

Cabbage leaves with birds Flemish tapestry, Enghien or Oudenaarde 16th century, second half H. 2.60 m x W. 2.50 m H. 8ft6 x W. 8ft3 Following on from the medieval Mille fleurs, Feuilles de choux (cabbage leaves) appeared in the second half of the 16th...

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Lot n° 5

Greenery with llama Brussels tapestry...

Greenery with llama Brussels tapestry panel 16th century, circa 1560 H. 2.33 x W. 1.83 m H. 7ft 7½ x W. 6ft Description: Although it is a fragment, the composition of this beautiful panel is coherent. The llama, an exotic animal, is practically in the...

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Lot n° 6

The Adoration of the Magi Very...

The Adoration of the Magi Very rare German tapestry, probably Franconia 16th century, dated 1577 H. 0.50 m x W. 0.62 m H. 1ft 7½ x W. 2ft ½ Iconography: The adoration of the Magi, guided from the East by a star, is recounted only by Matthew (II, 1-12):...

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Lot n° 7

Fantastic Bestiary Tapestry from...

Fantastic Bestiary Tapestry from the Southern Netherlands Mid 16th century H. 2.23 x W. 3.55 m H. 7ft 4 x W. 11ft Description: The tapestry is composed of two parts: In the lower part of the composition (i.e. two-thirds of the tapestry), real animals...

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Lot n° 8

Mille-fleurs decorated with the...

Mille-fleurs decorated with the Allegory of Charity Exceptional and rare tapestry, attributed to Brussels, First third of the 16th century H. 2.37 m x W. 1.75 m H. 7ft10 x W. 5ft9 Description: On a midnight-blue background decorated with flowers whose...

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Lot n° 9

Zenobia in front of Aurelian H....

Zenobia in front of Aurelian H. 4.00 x W. 3.20 m H. 13ft 1 ½ x W. 10ft 6 Iconography: Zenobia was finally defeated. In the present tapestry, Aurelian lets Zenobia live on condition that she goes to live in another place that he will assign her and that...

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Lot n° 10

Battle scene in front of Palmyra H....

Battle scene in front of Palmyra H. 4.00 x W. 5.12 m H. 13ft 1 ½ x W. 16ft 9 ½ Iconography: After the defeat at Emesa, Zenobia retreats to Palmyra, the queen's final retreat. Another battle is fought in front of Palmyra. In the top left-hand corner of...

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Lot n° 11

Diana and Actaeon Flemish tapestry,...

Diana and Actaeon Flemish tapestry, Antwerp Mid-17th century Part of a History of Diana hanging In the taste of Rubens H. 3.73 x W. 4.99 m H. 12ft 3 x W. 16ft 4½ Iconography: The scene, of great plastic quality, evokes the meeting of the hunter Actaeon...

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Lot n° 12

The Triumph of Titus and Vespasian Brussels...

The Triumph of Titus and Vespasian Brussels tapestry 17th century, third quarter After Charles Poerson (1609 - 1667) H. 3.75 x W. 5.88 m H. 12ft 4 x W. 19ft 5 The tapestry bears the city mark (shield gules between two Bs for Bruxelles-Brabant) and the...

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Lot n° 13

The Virgin's Wedding H. 3.33 x...

The Virgin's Wedding H. 3.33 x W. 1.81 m H. 10ft 11 x W. 5ft 11 Iconography: The Virgin, seen in profile, and Joseph, both crowned with flowers, are kneeling. Joseph holds the blossoming almond branch that designated him as the Virgin's future husband,...

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Lot n° 14

Christ hands the keys to Saint...

Christ hands the keys to Saint Peter or the Sacrament of Order H. 3.30 x W. 3.90 m H. 10ft 10 x W. 12ft 9 ½ Iconography and description: Poussin chose to represent the sacrament of ordination at the moment when Jesus entrusts Simon/Peter with responsibility...

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Lot n° 15

Orpheus and Eurydice Lille tapestry, Late...

Orpheus and Eurydice Lille tapestry, Late 17th, early 18th century. H. 2.85 x W. 2.19 m H. 9ft 4½ x W. 7ft 2½ Iconography: Against a wooded landscape background, the couple of Orpheus and Eurydice stand out, accompanied by Eros. Orpheus, son of the nymph...

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Lot n° 16

The Bohemians Brussels tapestry 18th...

The Bohemians Brussels tapestry 18th century, circa 1725 In the style of David Téniers le jeune (1610-1690) H. 3.19 x W. 2.43 m H. 10ft 5 ½ x W. 7ft 11 Description: Several characters evolve in the composition: on the right, a gypsy woman reads palm lines...

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Lot n° 17

America Brussels tapestry Early...

America Brussels tapestry Early 18th century Model by Lodewijk van Schoor (1666-1726) H. 2.89 x W. 3.54 m H. 9ft 5½ x W. 11ft 7 Description: This beautiful tapestry is a baroque, sensual and colorful evocation of that faraway continent, the New World....

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Lot n° 18

Don Quixote in the grotesque manner English...

Don Quixote in the grotesque manner English tapestry - workshop of Francis Poyntz, London 17th century, circa 1675 Part of a hanging of Don Quixote à la Manière des Grotesques, H. 3,17 x L. 1,80 m / H.10ft 5 x W. 5ft 11 Description: On a light blue background,...

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Lot n° 19

Vertumne and Pomona French tapestry 17th...

Vertumne and Pomona French tapestry 17th century, first half, Signed in the right side border PD H. 3.40 x W. 3.35 m H. 11ft 2 x W. 11ft The PD signature is probably that of Pierre Damour, a weaver active in Reims and Paris during the first half of the...

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Lot n° 20

Diana and Apollo and the children...

Diana and Apollo and the children of Niobe Paris tapestry, probably Raphaël de la Planche's workshop, rue de la Chaise Models (circa 1600) by Toussaint Dubreuil (circa 1561-1602) Part of a History of Diana hanging that included 8 subjects 17th century,...

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Lot n° 21

Rebecca presents Abraham's servant...

Rebecca presents Abraham's servant to her family Paris tapestry, Workshop of Raphaël de la Planche Mid-17th century Part of a hanging from The Story of Abraham Model by Michel Corneille (1603-1664) H. 2.55 x W. 3.75 m H. 8ft 4 x W. 12 ft 3 Iconography: Abraham's...

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Lot n° 22

Greenery with birds French tapestry,...

Greenery with birds French tapestry, Paris or Beauvais Second half of the 17th century H. 2.58 x W. 3.20 m H. 8ft 6 x W. 10ft 6 For the Paris attribution: the frame-like border is the same border that appears on the tapestries of L'Histoire de Constantin...

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Lot n° 23

Psyche's Meal in the Palace of...

Psyche's Meal in the Palace of Love Paris tapestry, Atelier du Faubourg St Germain (Raphaël or Sébastien-François de la Planche) 17th century, circa 1660 Tapestry forming part of a hanging of the Story of Psyche Border attributed to Michel Corneille (1603-1654) H....

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Lot n° 24

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Lot n° 25

Child gardeners Entrefenêtre du...

Child gardeners Entrefenêtre du Printemps Tapestry from the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins Part of the Children Gardeners hanging Designed by Charles Lebrun (1619-1690), first painter to the King and first director of the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins. H....

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Lot n° 26

Bacchus and Ariadne Tapestry from...

Bacchus and Ariadne Tapestry from the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins, Workshop of Jean Jans le jeune, active from 1668 to 1723, head of the 1st haute-lisse workshop Late 17th century Part of a Metamorphoses hanging whose models were created by various...

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Lot n° 27

Renaud and Armide Tapestry from...

Renaud and Armide Tapestry from the Manufacture Royale des Gobelins Part of the Metamorphoses hanging After Louis de Boulogne (1654-1733) Louis XIV period, circa 1704 H. 2.50 x W. 4.60 m H. 8ft 5 x W. 15ft 2 The tapestry is part of a Metamorphoses hanging...

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Lot n° 28

Melancholy French tapestry panel,...

Melancholy French tapestry panel, 18th century The panel is signed Morel and dated 1751, probably Manufacture Royale des Gobelins In a beautiful antique frame, France Louis XIV period (minor accidents) With frame H. 0.70 x W. 0.60 m H. 2ft 3 ½ x W. 1ft...

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Lot n° 29

Verdure aux grands arbres Tapestry...

Verdure aux grands arbres Tapestry from the Manufacture Royale de Beauvais 17th century, circa 1670 Mark: a fleur-de-lys in the lower braid, left. H. 2.79 x W. 2.60 m H. 9ft 2 x W. 8ft 6 Verdures with this border were delivered by Hinart (first director...

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Lot n° 30

Vertumne and Pomona Tapestry from...

Vertumne and Pomona Tapestry from the Manufacture Royale de Beauvais Part of a hanging from Ovid's Metamorphoses After René-Antoine Houasse (1645-1710) Late 17th century H. 3.05 x W. 3.90 m H. 10ft x W. 12ft 10 Iconography and description Ovid sang of...

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Lot n° 31

Offering to Pan H. 2.64 x W. 2.28...

Offering to Pan H. 2.64 x W. 2.28 m H. 8ft 8 x W. 7ft 6 Description: In the center of the tapestry, framed by a portico holding up red draperies, stands the statue of Pan. A young girl decorates the statue with flowers, which she takes from a little boy's...

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Lot n° 32

The Dromedary H. 2.75 x W. 4.05...

The Dromedary H. 2.75 x W. 4.05 m H. 9ft x W. 13ft 4 Description: The composition of the present tapestry consists of two open arcades, within which a red "heraldic pavilion" edged with gold braid unfolds. The arcades frame a portico, with Virginia creeper...

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Lot n° 33

Tapisserie fleurdelysée Tapestry...

Tapisserie fleurdelysée Tapestry from the Ateliers de la Marche (Aubusson and Felletin region) before the creation of the Manufactures Royales. 17th century, circa 1630 H. 2.28 x W. 4.62 m H. 7ft 6 x W. 15ft 2 This rare tapestry is of great historical...

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Lot n° 34

Queen Artemisia Tapestry from the...

Queen Artemisia Tapestry from the Manufacture Royale d'Aubusson City mark: AB with a fleur-de-lys in the lower braid, folded over 17th century, circa 1670-80 H. 2.75 x W. 4.55 m H. 9ft x W. 14ft 11 ½ Tapestry forming part of the Illustrious Women of Antiquity...

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Lot n° 35

Marc-Antoine Tapestry panel from...

Marc-Antoine Tapestry panel from the ateliers de la Marche (Aubusson). Part of a larger composition: The War Tributes offered by Antony to Cleopatra from the History of Cleopatra hanging. Model by Isaac Moillon (1614-1673) 17th century, before 1650. H....

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Lot n° 36

Scenes from the Story of Achilles Tapestry...

Scenes from the Story of Achilles Tapestry from the Manufacture Royale d'Aubusson Part of the History of Achilles hanging After Isaac Moillon (1614-1673), painter to King Louis XIV 17th century, circa 1670 H. 2.62 x W. 3.90 m H. 8ft 7 x W. 12ft 10 Description...

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Lot n° 37

Armide before Godefroy de Bouillon Tapestry...

Armide before Godefroy de Bouillon Tapestry from the Manufacture Royale d'Aubusson Part of a hanging on the theme of Jerusalem Delivered 17th-century model, early 18th-century weaving Probably after Isaac Moillon (1614-1673) H. 2.45 x W. 3.70 m H. 7ft...

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Lot n° 38

The Tent of Darius also known as...

The Tent of Darius also known as The Queens of Persia at Alexander's Feet Tapestry from the Manufacture Royale d'Aubusson Part of the History of Alexander hanging Based on a model from the last third of the 17th century by Charles Lebrun (1619-1690) Signed...

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Lot n° 39

Tea H. 2.93 x W. 4.58 m H. 9ft...

Tea H. 2.93 x W. 4.58 m H. 9ft 7 ½ x W. 15ft ½ Le Thé was not part of the hanging woven in Beauvais after Boucher's models; Dumons was inspired by Boucher in adding this beautiful subject, which was woven in different widths and finenesses, with or without...

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Lot n° 40

The Chinese Fair H. 2.62 x W. 2.06...

The Chinese Fair H. 2.62 x W. 2.06 m H. 8ft 7 x W. 6ft 9 Different from Thé in size, borderlessness and finesse, it has the charm and originality of the latter. A charm that seduced the great and talented fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973),...

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Lot n° 41

The Sacrifice of Isaac Isaac blesses...

The Sacrifice of Isaac Isaac blesses Jacob, believing him to be Esau H. 1.12 x W. 1.21 m H. 3ft 8 x W. 3ft 11 ½ H. 1.31 x W. 1.21 m H. 4ft 3 ½ x W. 3ft 11 ½ Pair of tapestries au point (needlework) France, early 18th century. Iconography: These are two...

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Lot n° 42

Pair of Entre-fenêtres with peony...

Pair of Entre-fenêtres with peony décor Pair of Aubusson tapestries, 19th century, Napoleon III period, circa 1860 Probably woven in the Sallandrouze factory in La Mornaix, after a design by Amédée Couder (1797 - 1864) H. 3.10 x W. 0.95 m H. 10ft 2 x...

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Lot n° 43

Fleurdelysée Tapestry with the...

Fleurdelysée Tapestry with the Arms of France Royal Aubusson Manufactory 18th century, Louis XV period H. 2.88 x W. 4.59 m H. 9ft 5 x W. 15ft1 Description: On an intense navy blue background adorned with repetitively arranged old gold fleurs-de-lis, stand...

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Lot n° 44

Carpet woven in Aubusson Central...

Carpet woven in Aubusson Central medallion with floral design on light background surrounded by six garlands of flowers Field scattered with flowers, with bouquets of flowers in each corner on a garnet background Carpet surrounded by a beautiful border...

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Lot n° 45

Carpet woven in Aubusson, France An...

Carpet woven in Aubusson, France An old rose central rosette surrounded by a wreath of flowers stands out against an ivory field adorned with quivers and vases in bloom, surrounded by the same garland of flowers, all set against a salmon-pink background...

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Lot n° 46

Empire period soapstitch upholstery...

Empire period soapstitch upholstery for a stool. The upholstery features a central lozenge decorated with a bouquet of roses on a yellow background, placed on a wine-red background adorned with palmettes in the corners. This central motif is framed by...

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Lot n° 47

Pair of knotted rugs English work,...

Pair of knotted rugs English work, probably Axminster Floral scrolls on a dark brown background Second half of the 19th century Hand-knotted wool rugs on cotton warp and hemp weft 3.12 x 1.99 m - 10ft3 x 6ft7 3.12 x 1.94 m - 10ft3 x 6ft5 Wear per pai...

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Lot n° 48

Carpet woven in Aubusson The field...

Carpet woven in Aubusson The field is adorned with diamond-shaped medallions placed regularly and repeatedly on a green background. Between the wine-red and cream medallions are small rosettes in the same tones and stylized flowers in a lighter green. Charles...

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Lot n° 49

Aubusson or Tournai soappoint rug Model...

Aubusson or Tournai soappoint rug Model attributed to Louis de La Haymade de Saint Ange (1780-1860) Empire period, circa 1811 6.48 x 3.94 m 21ft 2 x 12ft 11 Fleuriot de Langle, in 1954 in Connaissance des Arts, compared Saint Ange's art to that of a decorative...

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Lot n° 50

Fragment of a needlepoint rug,...

Fragment of a needlepoint rug, England? circa 1860 Boxed floral design on green and cream ground Made of canvas squares 2.95 x 1.90 m - 9ft 6 x 6ft 2 Good condition

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