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After Charles Le Brun (1619-90)

Tapisseries du Roy Louis XIV c.1680

Contemporary red goatskin binding; gold-tooling throughout. Design identical on both sides: outer border, consisting of one double and one single fillet line, with inner border of the same; crowned double-L cypher of Louis XIV at inner corners of panel. In the centre of the border, the three fluer-de-lis of France on a shield, surmounted by a crown and surrounded two chains resembling garter collars, the inner with shells and the outer with fluer-de-lis, helmets, and the letter ‘H’ surmounted by a small crown, with a roundel containing a dove (Order of the Holy Spirit); all surrounded by a leaf and vine wreath in a helix design. Both boards tooled on inside and sides with floral roll border. Original marble end-papers (?). Spine divided into seven compartments by raised bands. Second compartment tooled with floral roll border and title: ‘TAPIS SERIES DV ROY’. All other compartments tooled with floral roll border, with double-L cypher of Louis XIV in the centre, identical tool to that used on both boards. | 53.5 x 39 x 2.2 cm (book measurement (conservation)) | RCIN 1140343

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