Allegorical scene of a nest of Halcyon

Allegorical scene of a nest of Halcyon, a bird's nest floating on the ocean. With decorative carved frame, carpentry tools, foliage, fruit and ribbons. From a design for a Gobelins tapestry for King Louis XIV, MS 2293, Bibliotheque Imperiale. Le Nid d'Alcyons. France, XVIIe siecle. Chromolithograph by Franz Kellerhoven after an illustration by Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandre's Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858

Allegorical Bibliotheque Imperiale Charles Louandre Claudius Joseph Ciappori Gobelins Halcyon Hangard-mauge King Louis Xiv Les Arts Somptuaires Ribbons Rococo Tapestry The Sumptuary Arts

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