this particular piece, while designed by lurçat, was made and woven by a company called pinton brothers was one of the leading aubusson workshops in the mid-20th century. lurçat, his signature is here in the bottom corner, but next to it is a "pf," which is pinton frères, which is pinton brothers. the name of this tapestry is "gobi." it's inspired by a night scene in the gobi desert in china. you mean you recognize it? which is why you have kind of bamboo-looking motifs through the tapestry, and these blue dots that are kind of hinting at stars, as a night scene. by the modernism of the mid-20th century, everything was highly stylized, so the suggestions of ideas as opposed to really naturalistic depictions. i know a lot about lurçat. i know a lot about lurçat tapestries. you do. this is one of the greatest ones i've ever seen. really! lurçat tapestries can tend to be quite busy, a little too much going on. this has a cleanness to it that is really, to me, the best of mid-20th century french tapestry. do you have any idea of value? well, i was thinking maybe $5,000. the retail value is