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| A tapestry panel hangs at Bantry House. Image via Bantry House. |
A set of four tapestries was made for Louis XV on the occasion of the wedding between his grandson Louis Auguste and the dauphine, Marie Antoinette, in 1770. Their original home was in Versailles and one panel
hung in Marie Antoinette's drawing room.
They survive today and are in the private collection of the owners of Bantry House in County Cork, Ireland. For financial reasons, the family is putting pieces from their collection up
for auction including their amazing panels of the celebratory tapestry.
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| Le colin-maillard tapestry panel, commissioned for Marie Antoinette's wedding. Image via Independent. |
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| Detail from one of the tapestry panels, Le colin-maillard . Image via Southern Star. |
One panel is titled
Le colin-maillard (Blind man's bluff) had recently been on display at the Aubusson Museum in May 2013
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| The tapestry is removed by conservators before travelling to an exhibition at the Aubusson Museum in France, 2013. Image by West Cork Times |
Delectable!
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