Washing Day at the Mill Italian Wall Tapestry SIZE:40"W x 25"H Portiere du Licorne Belgian tapestry

Portiere du Licorne Belgian tapestry is one of many in the Lady and the Unicorn series

it is elegant and well adorned with a border of scrolls and pineapples

This wall tapestry represents an oil painting from Jan van Huysum (1682-1749)

This is a brand new tapestry reproduction

From a set of tapestries called the Royal Residences made at the Gobelins for King Louis XIV towards the end of 17th century

Washing Day at the Mill Italian Wall Tapestry SIZE:40"W x 25"H Portiere du Licorne Belgian tapestryThis is an Italian jacquard woven wall tapestry. This tapestry is a rendering of one of a series painted by Francois Boucher (1703 1770), and shows women washing clothes by a lake, a typical pastoral activity that was popular in the Rococo era. Boucher was a French painter in the Rococo style, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories, and pastoral scenes. He was perhaps the most celebrated painter and