Workshops of Guillaume WERNIERS in Lille. - Lot 173

Workshops of Guillaume WERNIERS in Lille. Important wool and silk tapestry, border imitating a frame with cartouches, acanthus and scrolled shells. After the painter David Teniers le jeune, depicting a lively scene of characters and birds in the courtyard of a farmhouse on the edge of a forest. Signed lower right G. W. L. F. and fleur-de-lys on red ground for the Lille mark. 302 x 351 cm. Late 17th - early 18th century (Restorations, lining, minor wear, old folds at edges). -The workshops of Guillaume Werniers (1700-1738) specialized in the production of tapestries known as "ténières" illustrating country life, a highly prized subject in the 18th century. Bibliography : 17th-18th century tapestries - "Les ténières - Scènes de la vie villageoise d'après David Téniers le jeune (1610-1690)".