Les Fables de La Fontaine: a joined figurative panel of toile, together with further toiles French, late 18th century and later The first, circa 1800, with figurative vignettes against an architectural ground, illustrating scenes from La Fontaine's Fables, including 'Le Rat et l'Elephant' with a caparisoned elephant and 'Les deux Taureaux et la Grenouille', backed and lightly quilted, together with: a fragmentary panel of figurative toile de Jouy, circa 1790s, with figures fishing, riding and dining with landscape motifs; a quilted pelmet of toile printed with garlanded vignettes of the Three Graces, second half 18th century, with Dimitrios, New York label; another quilted panel of toile, circa 1830s, with Dimitrios, New York label; and two further examples of quilted toile, and a pelmet of block printed cotton the first approx.: 126 x 200 cm (7) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing
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