17th Century French Verdure Tapestry: Children with Pet Companions

A French verdure tapestry, last quarter 17th century, depicting…
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A French verdure tapestry, last quarter 17th century, depicting three children with a pet cat and spaniel in a wooded landscape with a chateau beyond, said to be the future Louis XIV as a boy with companions, retaining the original floral and foliate border, backed with linen, 268 x 278 cm (approximately)

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  • Foliate - Decorated with leaves or leaf-like forms.
  • Louis Xiv - Louis XIV (1638 ? 1715), known as Louis the Great or the Sun King, ruled through Cardinal Mazarin as chief minister from 1643 to 1661 and as monarch of the House of Bourbon and King of France and Navarre from 1661 until his death in 1715. His reign of 72 years is one of the longest in French and European history.

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