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
92.5 x 45.3 in (235.0 x 115.0 cm)
Estimate: US$ 50,000 - 80,000
€ 49,000 - 78,000
Auction: today
Sotheby's New York
City: New York
Auction: Feb 08, 2025 10:00 AM
Auction number: N11700
Auction name: The Vision of Aso O. Tavitian | The Townhouse
