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state of preservation makes it one of the finest tapestries ever brought to this country.
It comes from the family of the well known art critic, mr. Reinach, who was one of the prominent French collectors.

No. 3.- A tapestry of the manufacture des Gobelins of the type so called "Chancellerie".
This tapestry shoa a coat-of_arms; such tapestries were generally presents from the King to the Ambassadors and the State Departments.
The one we have brouht over is a most remarkable specimen by its quality and coloring. It was most probably made for Versailles, as the King is represented on it. The only tapestry similar to this one is the property of the French Government, and there is no doubt that the tapestry we have brought over comes from one of the [[strikethrough]] series [[/strikethrough]] sales which the Revolutionary Government held in 1793.
We have it from the Wallace collection. Sir Richard Wallace had it in the Château de Bagatelle near Paris, so that we can trace this tapestry back for about 80 years.