Maypole dance. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) [painter] c. 1785-1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'1" x W 4'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. In landscape with trees & flowering plants, a youth & a girl dance around a pole; 2 girls recline at their feet, one playing the flute (L) & the other with a basket of flowers & a sheep (R); dog in foreground (BRD) scene framed by palm fronds springing from wild flowers & forming arch, ornamented with wreaths at mid-points & ribbon-tied floral festoons b
Maypole dance. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) [painter] c. 1785-1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'1" x W 4'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. In landscape with trees & flowering plants, a youth & a girl dance around a pole; 2 girls recline at their feet, one playing the flute (L) & the other with a basket of flowers & a sheep (R); dog in foreground (BRD) scene framed by palm fronds springing from wild flowers & forming arch, ornamented with wreaths at mid-points & ribbon-tied floral festoons beneath arch; in spandrels: shelves, on acanthus leaf supports, holding baskets of flowers This composition is based on Jean-Baptiste Huet's Pastorales à Draperies Bleues, with some figures probably after Boucher. The tapestry was in all likelihood woven at Aubusson, based on the Huet cartoons & also on compositions taken from prints by other 18th century artists. However, it it not clear whether these variants were not also woven at Beauvais (unlikely) or possibly in other secondary looms in France. The quality of this tapestry may not be up to Beauvais standard. The section below the stone wall in the lower field appears to be modern. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0243170-0243171, 0243173-0243174; compositionally similar tapestries (with differences): GCPA 0243145, 0243148, 0243152, 0243161, 0243164
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