Chinese fair. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, ca. 1742) [painter] Dumons, Jean-Joseph (French, 1687-1779) (cartoon creator, 1742-43) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] unknown Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'7" x W 10'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. United States, Ohio, Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, accno. Chinese merchants & entertainers display their wares in shade of date palms: charlatan & assistant on platform beneath canopy on L, figure p

Chinese fair. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, ca. 1742) [painter] Dumons, Jean-Joseph (French, 1687-1779) (cartoon creator, 1742-43) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] unknown Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'7" x W 10'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. United States, Ohio, Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, accno. Chinese merchants & entertainers display their wares in shade of date palms: charlatan & assistant on platform beneath canopy on L, figure points towards bird vendor with birds on cage & boy playing flute to 4 birds on wheel on lower L, woman in rickshaw in center, dandy wearing straw hat on horseback points towards girl vendor on ground on R; pagoda-roofed buildings in background (BRD) picture-frame border with curling parsley leaf ornament; (UPR BRD) centered by coat of arms of Louis XV This panel lacks the right 1/3 of the full composition. This panel is a mid-nineteenth century reproduction, according to Adelson (p. 334). French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 1228 Adelson, European Tapestry (1994), 322-328, 331-334 Bertrand, GBA 116 (November 1990), 173-184, & n. 41 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0241375 (Minneapolis Institute of Arts), 0241376; see also Bertrand, p. 183, n. 41

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