Wool and silk TAPESTRY depicting a scene from an ancient...
Wool and silk TAPESTRY depicting a scene from an ancient novel, *Theagenes and Chariclea* (?). Border composed of garlands of fruit, flowers, and foliage, interrupted by cartouches.
Aubusson, 17th century
Height: 300 cm Length: 360 cm
(damage and restorations)
Provenance | Collection of Henri Dupuy de Lôme for his estate in the Var region, then passed down through the family
Biography |
Stanislas Henri Laurent Dupuy de Lôme
Engineer in the French Navy (Ploemeur 1816–Paris 1885).
He built the first steamship, the Napoléon (1850), and the first armored frigate, the Gloire (1858), which served as a model for the navy of the Second Empire. Member of the Council of State and deputy for Morbihan. In 1870, he managed to get sixty airships out of besieged Paris. He had been a member of the Academy of Sciences since 1866.
Expert at the Laurence Fligny Firm
Wool and silk TAPESTRY depicting a scene from an ancient novel, *Theagenes and Chariclea* (?). Border composed of garlands of fruit, flowers, and foliage, interrupted by cartouches.
Aubusson, 17th century
Height: 300 cm Length: 360 cm
(damage and restorations)
Provenance | Collection of Henri Dupuy de Lôme for his estate in the Var region, then passed down through the family
Biography |
Stanislas Henri Laurent Dupuy de Lôme
Engineer in the French Navy (Ploemeur 1816–Paris 1885).
He built the first steamship, the Napoléon (1850), and the first armored frigate, the Gloire (1858), which served as a model for the navy of the Second Empire. Member of the Council of State and deputy for Morbihan. In 1870, he managed to get sixty airships out of besieged Paris. He had been a member of the Academy of Sciences since 1866.
Expert at the Laurence Fligny Firm
