Allegorical scene of a nest of Halcyon, a bird's nest floating on the ocean. With decorative carved frame, carpentry tools, foliage, fruit and ribbons. From a design for a Gobelins tapestry for King Louis XIV, MS 2293, Bibliotheque Imperiale. Le Nid d'Alcyons. France, XVIIe siecle. Chromolithograph by Franz Kellerhoven after an illustration by Claudius Joseph Ciappori from Charles Louandre’s Les Arts Somptuaires, The Sumptuary Arts, Hangard-Mauge, Paris, 1858.

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Size: 5802px × 7767px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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