Fruit gathering. Watteau, Jean Antoine (French, 1684-1721) (designed after) [painter] Pater, Jean-Baptiste Joseph (French, 1695-1736) (designed after) [painter] Bradshaw, George Smith (British, 1717-1812) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1730-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'4" x W 18'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: London Ownership History: Lord Swathling coll. French & Co. purchased from Mrs. E. Rosedale, invoiced 1/28/1936. Man on ladder gathering fruit & lady holds up her apron collecting fruit (L), seated couple, lady & child kneel in front of large basket &
Fruit gathering. Watteau, Jean Antoine (French, 1684-1721) (designed after) [painter] Pater, Jean-Baptiste Joseph (French, 1695-1736) (designed after) [painter] Bradshaw, George Smith (British, 1717-1812) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1730-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'4" x W 18'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: London Ownership History: Lord Swathling coll. French & Co. purchased from Mrs. E. Rosedale, invoiced 1/28/1936. Man on ladder gathering fruit & lady holds up her apron collecting fruit (L), seated couple, lady & child kneel in front of large basket & standing couple (L of center), man offers seated woman flower (center), peacock perched on stone pedestal (L) (BRD) frame-like acanthus-leaf decoration, with cartouches inserted once on each side & each corner French & Flemish tapestries of similar subject are based on the "Italian Comedy" or "Fêtes Venitiennes". However, Bradshaw produced a totally new suite of scenes based on pictures by Watteau. This scene is partly based on either "Diavolo Player" or "L'Indifferent" at the Louvre (man offering flower in center), "Départ pour Cythère" (woman on ground in center), Pater's "Colin Maillard" at Hertford House (couple on left) & Watteau's "Mariée de Village". French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 18547 [also lists: 13587 as old no.] Marillier, English Tapestries (1930), 123-125 Thomson, History of Tapestry (1930), 491 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0181853-0181857, 0184135 (set B); compositionally similar tapestries, GCPA 0181852; other similar sets: GCPA 0181848-0181852, 0184129-0184133 (set A), 0181858-0181862, 0184540-0184541, 0188263, 0184824 (set C), 0181863-0181866, 0184136 (set D)
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