Pair of doors Small stitch work Late 19th century France Size 275 x 120 cm Very decorative needlework on canvas Two doors forming a hall carpet, readjusted by a central seam. Wool threads on cotton backing. Lined and braided Slight oxidation and natural wear. Probably a special order for the administrators of the French colonies of Indochina (representation of the couple, with an Asian and Indian spirit) at the end of the 19th century, under Napoleon III. Pale pink field decorated with double vases with bouquets of fruit and stylised flowers framed by feathery foliage, fine lattice branches and rows of pastel floral compositions. Decor in the style of Claude Audran (for the arabesques that took off at the end of the reign of Louis IV, and the frescoes known as Grotesques, a name derived from the word Grotte).