Scene from the History of Cleopatra No. 39
Verdure No. 41
The piece has the last type of border used for the set, the so-called Dresden border, representing a carved and gilded wood frame with corner ornaments surrounded by naturalistic flowers, and with a sign of the Zodiac (Leo) in a cartouche at the top.
Lent by P. W. French & Company.
The piece was probably woven in the tenth weaving between 1741 and 1751 on the upright looms in the atelier of Cozette.[29]
This is an unusually clear and brilliant example of a famous Gobelins set.
58 GOBELINS, XVII CENTURY