Le Feu
Aubusson
Category
Textiles
Date
Unknown
Materials
Tapestry
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Berrington Hall, Herefordshire
NT 618153
Summary
A set of four Aubusson tapestry panels after Lancret.
Provenance
The fixed frames within which the tapestries sit were designed to hold paintings. The paintings were sold by the 7th Lord Rodney in the late 19th century. In 1901 the 1st Lord Cawley commissioned tapestries to replace thee paintings from the Ambusson-Felletin factory based on the paintings by the French artists Nicolas Lancret (1690-1743). Amongst the chattels collected by 1st Lord Cawley for Berrington Hall. Purchased by the National Trust from Sir Frederick Lee Cawley, 3rd Baron Cawley in 1998 & 1999.
Makers and roles
Aubusson, maker