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| Tapisserie de France 7, rue des Moulins 75001 Paris France |
Louis XIII
by Philippe de Champaigne.
Louvre Museum. Paris |
XIXth century, sign preserved to
Carnavalet Museum
Paris |
Detail of needlepoint
seat covering
Italia late XVIIth |
Louis XIIIth Named "Le Juste" Sun of Henry IV and Marie de Medicis. Born At Fontainebleau (1601)
dead at Saint Germain en Laye (1643) King of France (1610-1643) |
| NEEDLEPOINT-TAPESTRIES FOR LOUIS XIIIth SEAT COVERS |
0045 LXIII.
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0063 LXIII.
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0045 LXIII.Drawing centered on trunks of trees that carry pomegranates and flowers to modern contours. A lot Louis XIII drawings integrate perfectly in the contemporaries apartment. Colors of this one create a vivid and shimmering aspect. |
| 0063 LXIII.Magnificent composition of arabesques and volutes colored of green, ochers and brown more or less vivid. The entanglement of forms is one of the characteristic of the Louis XIII style. |
0459C LXIII.
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0291 LXIII.
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0459C LXIII.Composition of arabesques that has been colored with yellow, red and brown. The shine raised by more dark blue motives. This interlacement of foliage fills all the surface as a prolifique nature. |
| 0291 LXIII.A gilded fanciful animal, is placed to the center of a composition of arabesques and volutes. The senses of these volutes suggest a spin around the dragon spiting a zippy flame. Blue, red, yellow, roses and green are used and give to the tapestry its vivid aspect. |
0504H LXIII.
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0504T LXIII.
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0504H LXIII.Back of armchair Louis XIII that presents a magnificent greenery whose the center is occupied by a beautiful bird of islands to radiant colors. The foliage that surrounds the animal is realized in a range of green blues and ochers. The bird use one range of blue. |
| 0504T LXIII.Seat of Louis XIII armchair, that presents a very beautiful ochred leaf composition realized with one range of green blue and another of ochers. This seat cover tapestry is still on one armchair to the "Mobilier Nationnal to Paris". |
| ¹ Needlepoint Tapestry kits contain the hand painted canvas in full colour from Annie Bouquet 's Studio (NB: any color combination may be ordered, according to decoration.), yarns, two plated Gold needles, and instructions. The 100% cotton canvas is a double weave antique or white Monofil. The yarn is 100% pure wool "Medicis" from DMC France and some others specificaly dyed for us to Aubusson. |
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