Servant opening terrace curtains. Dumons, Jean-Joseph (French, 1687-1779) (designed after ?) [painter] Mingounat (French, act. ca. 1715-1725) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1755 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'4" x W 11'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. John Pratt, received 12/20/1920; sold to J. N. [John North] Willys 10/22/1921. Within balustraded terrace topped with lambrequined valance, a man opening curtains (L); wild plants with fruit, richly woven textile (L) overhanging the balustrade & parrot in fore
Servant opening terrace curtains. Dumons, Jean-Joseph (French, 1687-1779) (designed after ?) [painter] Mingounat (French, act. ca. 1715-1725) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1755 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'4" x W 11'7" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. John Pratt, received 12/20/1920; sold to J. N. [John North] Willys 10/22/1921. Within balustraded terrace topped with lambrequined valance, a man opening curtains (L); wild plants with fruit, richly woven textile (L) overhanging the balustrade & parrot in foreground; garden landscape with trees & fountain topped with venetian vase in background; hills with buildings in distance (BRD) picture-frame border with acanthus leaves enclosed within narrow bands; scallops in corners The stock sheet relating to this panel is 22791-c, not 22719-b (Soustelle). An illustration in Chevalier shows a larger, similar scene. The design is attributed to Jean-Joseph Dumons, who created 3 scenes for the Grands Rideaux series. In this illustration, the panel combines 2 of the 3 scenes (Campbell/Soustelle). The treatment of the carpet thrown over the balustrade recalls carpets in Beauvais' Emperor of China series. This may be based on a Beauvais tapestry prototype or on compositions by Beauvais designers (Cavallo). The stock sheet states that this panel bears the signature " 'AUBUSSON-MINGOUNAT". It is, however, not visible (Soustelle). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 22791-c Chevalier, Aubusson (1988), 109-11 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0243247-0243251; compositionally similar tapestry (right end side, & composition reversed): "La Rencontre près d'un rivage" & "La fontaine" private coll. (Chevalier, ); similar border: GCPA 0243253
Size: 9400px × 7899px
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License: Licensed
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