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Tree in a Landscape
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Upright Aubusson tapestry depicting a tree on a river bank with exotic flowering plants. This Louis XV verdure lacks the architecture and exotic birds which typify the Chinese landscape series.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Mrs. Cortlandt Parker gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1954
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Mrs. Cortlandt Parker
Title: Tree in a Landscape
Description:
Upright Aubusson tapestry depicting a tree on a river bank with exotic flowering plants.
This Louis XV verdure lacks the architecture and exotic birds which typify the Chinese landscape series.
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