Antiques: Tapestries and mirrors from a French chateau

Des O'Sullivan previews Victor Mee's Escape from the Chateau sale

A late 17th/early 18th-century Aubusson silk and wool tapestry, left, and an early 18th-century carved giltwood pier mirror, both at Victor Mee.

An antique Aubusson tapestry or an Irish 18th-carved giltwood mirror? The choice is yours at Victor Mee's Escape from the Chateau sale with more than 1,900 lots on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 6.30pm each day. 

The primary vendor is an Irish antique dealer who is moving home from his chateau in the Charente region.