Stolen Tapestry Sold

1916

New York, Sept. 18 — A Beauvais tapestry presented by King Louis XV. of France to Emperor Kien-Lung of China in 1766 and looted from the palace in Pekin at the time of the overthrow of the Manchu dynasty, has been sold by a New York dealer to a collector in Cleveland for $200,000. The name of the buyer was not revealed.

This tapestry is said to be one of a set of six designed by the French painter Boucher for the emperor of China at the king's behest. The subject is "the Chinese fair." The other five works still form part of the treasures of the Pekin Museum. The work sent to Cleveland is ten feet, seven inches high and ten feet, three inches wide.