Tea party. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (designed after) [painter] Dumons, Jean-Joseph (French, 1687-1779) (author of design, after Boucher) [painter] c. 1750-1780 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'10" x W 8'11" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. Elegantly dressed shopper walking by seated shepherd, playing pipe in landscape; flock of sheep in background (BRD) picture-frame border with acanthus leaves & peacock feathers framing cabochons of precious stones, alternating with shaped reserves of trellis pattern headed wi
Tea party. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (designed after) [painter] Dumons, Jean-Joseph (French, 1687-1779) (author of design, after Boucher) [painter] c. 1750-1780 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'10" x W 8'11" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. Elegantly dressed shopper walking by seated shepherd, playing pipe in landscape; flock of sheep in background (BRD) picture-frame border with acanthus leaves & peacock feathers framing cabochons of precious stones, alternating with shaped reserves of trellis pattern headed with rosettes; cabochon framed by acanthus leaves & topped by scallop in corners This composition is the far right of the Tea-Party, a larger composition, & is probably based on a sketch by François Boucher, albeit not one of the ones used for the rest of the Beauvais tapestry series (Campbell/ Cavallo). This panel, a fragment, may have been part of a larger composition, with GCPA 0243043 & GCPA 0243074, which are in set with the present panel, & the 3 fragments, thus might have formed the complete tapestry (Soustelle). Jean-Joseph Dumons had painted in 1742 & 1743 the cartoons of the Tenture chinoise, from Boucher's sketches, for the Beauvais manufactory. Aubusson, interested in having its own series of Tenture chinoise, in turn employed Dumons, before 1754, to adapt Boucher's compositions. However, not all Aubusson compositions of the Tenture chinoise series can be attributed to Dumons. The latter, according to Chevalier, delivered to Aubusson 6 or 7 paintings, along with several compositions specifically for seat furniture. Some of the compositions from the Aubusson Tenture chinoise are therefore likely to have been added after the Dumons contribution, & were painted by other Aubusson artists (Soustelle). A note: "Mr. Jacobs- Baltimore" on the verso of photograph (Soustelle). No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Chevalier, Aubusson (1988), 112-17 Boccara,
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