Catalogue
The Royal Manufacturers De Wit is undeniably the leading player in the sale and purchase of tapestries in Belgium and one of the major players at international level. Since it is also the leading restorer of antique tapestries for museums in the world, and one of the leading players for private customers, the Royal Manufacturers De Wit has been able to develop privileged relations with the greatest public and private collections and so build up an international network of enlightened customers. Lastly, the tapestries put up for sale by the Royal Manufacturers De Wit are restored by its own laboratory. Its international reputation in this area is obviously an asset and an added value highly appreciated by its potential buyers.
Southern Netherlands,
Probably mid-sixteenth century
Wool and silk
335 x 431 cm (131 ⁷/₈ x 169 ³/₄ inches)
Two rare large tapestry paintings after Alexandre François Desportes (1661-1743)
Paris, Manufacture royale des Gobelins, 1844-1849, with an extension added at the top in 1857
Wool and silk (Game, Flowers and Fruit, horizontal warp – Game and Fruit, vertical warp)
177 x 128 cm (70 x 50 in) each
From the series of Ovid’s Metamorphoses
After Louis de Boullogne (1654-1733)
Paris, Gobelins
About 1740
Wool and silk
(319 x 275 cm)
Alexander Calder (1898-1976), signed lower right corner
Aubusson, atelier Pinton, monogram lower left corner
Ca. 1970
Edition 4/6 – woven label on the verso
Wool and synthetic thread
200 x 132 cm (78 ³/₄ x 52 inches)
From the series 'The History of Diana'
Bruges (city mark in the right border)
Mid-seventeenth century
Wool and silk
345 x 384 cm (135 ⁷/₈ x 151 ¹/₈ inches)
Southern Netherlands, probably Enghien
1525-1550
Wool and silk
250 x 243 cm
After models by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1636-1699)
Manufacture royale de Beauvais
Ca. 1690-1730
Wool and silk
286 x 334 cm (112.6 x 131.5 inch)
Victor Vasarely (1906–1997), signed lower right corner
Aubusson, atelier Pinton, signed lower left corner, 1972
Edition 1/6 - woven on the reverse
156 x 156 cm (61 ³/₈ x 61 ³/₈ inches)