A Principally 17thC Louis XIV Aubusson Tapestry Upholstered French Provincial Wingback Armchair from Chateau Bayenvaal sub-Art & Sculpture The hand painted view opens

The hand painted view opens to reveal a further painted image of a boating scene in a shallow river

By what lake's edge or pool

but we here like to leave all of our pieces untouched and we love the picture as it is

There is some discoloration or water marks to the page edges in places with some creasing towards the top of the plate but the diagrams and annotations remain in tact so this only serves in adding some more character

A Principally 17thC Louis XIV Aubusson Tapestry Upholstered French Provincial Wingback Armchair from Chateau Bayenvaal sub-Art & Sculpture The hand painted view opensOrigin: French Period: Louis XIV Provenance: Chateau Bayenvaal, Near Paris Date: c. 1680, the tapestry upholstery of the same period, recovered in the 1960s Height: 45. 5 inches Width: 29 inches Depth: 30 inches (all approximate and at extremities) The seventeenth century French armchair, being upholstered in a period floral tapestry and later mid twentieth century powder and peacock blue silk velvet, with additional cushion, the whole with tassel