Eight Fables of La Fontaine (Furnishing Fabric), Munster, c. 1810. 'Le Satire et le passant [The Satyr and the passer-by]; Le Cheval qui a cassé sa bride, [The Horse that broke its bridle]; La Lionne, qui a p[?] ses lionceaux, [The Lioness (illegible) her cubs]; Le vieillard et ses Enfans, [The old man and his Children]; Le Renard et le Buste, [The Fox and the Bust]; L'huitre et les plaideurs, [The Oyster and the Litigants]. Drawings from 'Fables Choisies' written by Jean de la Fontaine. After Jean Baptiste Oudry, manufactured by Hartmann et Fils.

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