A Series of Four French Louis XV Silk-Embroidered Panels, Probably Lyon, Mid-18th Century
depicting chinoiserie scenes after Jean-Baptiste Pillement, each finely worked in polychrome silk threads, with silver gilt metal-thread highlights (now tarnished), with isolated motifs in fantastical delicate suspension of stylised flowering trails, delicate bamboo platforms, steps, pagodas and bells, the structures supporting ho-ho birds and Chinese figures set at different levels, all motifs against a light saffron yellow silk ground; three now in later giltwood frames, one lined with linen and with three velcro-applied hanging boards
A Series of Four French Louis XV Silk-Embroidered Panels, Probably Lyon, Mid-18th Century
depicting chinoiserie scenes after Jean-Baptiste Pillement, each finely worked in polychrome silk threads, with silver gilt metal-thread highlights (now tarnished), with isolated motifs in fantastical delicate suspension of stylised flowering trails, delicate bamboo platforms, steps, pagodas and bells, the structures supporting ho-ho birds and Chinese figures set at different levels, all motifs against a light saffron yellow silk ground; three now in later giltwood frames, one lined with linen and with three velcro-applied hanging boards
235,0 x 115,0 cm
Schätzpreis: US$ 50.000 - 80.000
€ 49.000 - 78.000
Auktion: 20 Tage
Sotheby's New York
Ort: New York
Auktion: 08.02.2025 10:00 Uhr
Auktionsnummer: N11700
Auktionsname: The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Townhouse
