Wedding feast of Daphnis and Chloë. Jeaurat, Etienne (French, 1699-1789) (author of design) [painter] Audran, Michel (French, ) (workshop, entrepeneur) [weaver] c. 1740 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'9" x W 15' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from the estate of E. [Emilie] de L. Havemeyer 8/4/1915; sold to A. P. Sloan 10/9/1925. Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower field, right: AUDRAN In center, Daphnis & Chloë sit at feast-table with diverse figures while servants approach bearing dishes; nymphs
Wedding feast of Daphnis and Chloë. Jeaurat, Etienne (French, 1699-1789) (author of design) [painter] Audran, Michel (French, ) (workshop, entrepeneur) [weaver] c. 1740 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'9" x W 15' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from the estate of E. [Emilie] de L. Havemeyer 8/4/1915; sold to A. P. Sloan 10/9/1925. Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower field, right: AUDRAN In center, Daphnis & Chloë sit at feast-table with diverse figures while servants approach bearing dishes; nymphs dance in background; set in portico (BRD) picture-frame border with interlace design, palmette in corners Although this series is included in the literature on the Gobelins manufactory where Audran directed a high-warp atelier, this series was apparently executed privately. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 2986-c Fénaille, Gobelins 4 (1903-1923), 75-83 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 181 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0242006-0242008; compositionally similar set: GCPA 0242051-0242052; compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA cartoon), 0242009; compositionally similar tapestry: GCPA 024210
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