Palanquin. Vanderbank, John (British, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1690-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 6'3" x W 9'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: London Ownership History: Sold at Christie's 2/22/1922, lot 147. Sold at Kende, (New York), 10/16/1943, lot 208. French & Co. received from Henry May, 10/19/1943; returned 4/18/1947. Offered for sale by Vigo Sternberg Galleries (London), 1970. Oriental figures, plants & birds on islands, dark background; upper island (L), 2 men standing; upper island (L of center), man in chariot with 2 attendants; mid
Palanquin. Vanderbank, John (British, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1690-1725 Tapestry Dimensions: H 6'3" x W 9'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: London Ownership History: Sold at Christie's 2/22/1922, lot 147. Sold at Kende, (New York), 10/16/1943, lot 208. French & Co. received from Henry May, 10/19/1943; returned 4/18/1947. Offered for sale by Vigo Sternberg Galleries (London), 1970. Oriental figures, plants & birds on islands, dark background; upper island (L), 2 men standing; upper island (L of center), man in chariot with 2 attendants; middle island (L of center), man in palanquin carried by 5 servants; middle island (R), woman with 2 attendants, 1 holds umbrella; lower island (L), man with 2 attendants; lower island (R of center), man climbs tree, flanked by two men seated man, another attendant stands nearby musician (BRD) stylized acanthus leaves twisting around narrow central bar Bottom border missing; pieced together at top & right. Restored at some point. There are several different sets of this tapestry series. Moreover, many are created with combinations of motifs drawn from each other. See Standen's 1980 article for a survey of many of the panels, motifs, sources of design & bibliography. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 76662 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan (1985), 717-725, no. 127 Standen, MetMusJ (1980), XV, 119-142 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0181892-0181894 (set D); other similar sets: GCPA 0181875-0181878 (set A), 0181879-0181883, 0184128 (set B), 0181884-0181891 (set C), 0181895-0181897 (set E), 0181898 (set F); border matches tapestries at The Vyne, Hampshire (see: Standen's article, "English Tapestries" 1980, figs. 34, 35)
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