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Tapestry from Marie Antoinette's Drawing Room to be auctioned

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.

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