15716 Archway Peacocks

Archway with Peacocks
TAP15176-2

This tapestry was woven
in Beauvais around 1670
in the mill belonging to
Jean de la Fraye and
Etienne Le Blond. Available
in three colours.

Size

77cm x 70cm

150cm x 142cm

FACTFILE

The Beauvais Tapestry
Factory was created in
1664 by Louis XIV to rival
the tapestry factories of
Flanders and from the
18th century specialised in
the "basse lisse"
technique. The factory
became famous for its
woven chair tapestries.
Destroyed in 1940 by war
bombings, the Factory's
workshop was transferred
to Paris, to the Gobelins
Factory. In the ranking of
French tapestry factories,
Beauvais occupied an
intermediate position
between the Gobelins,
which worked almost
exclusively for the king,
and Aubusson and Felletin,
which produced items for
a bourgeois clientele.