Offered by La Crédence
Large mechanical tapestry door panel (of a pair, with different motifs) representing a Mesopotamian king holding a sceptre and a feather, standing on a sphynx shaped pedestal. It is surrounded by a rich Egyptian-inspired decoration of palmettes, rosettes and papyrus shape elements.
Small rip to be sewn on the right side. It could be fixed on a wooden frame.
The counterpart represents a queen.
French Orientalism of the 1880s.