Exotic chinoiserie landscape. Pillement, Jean (French, 1728-1808) (designed after) [painter] Landrièsve, François (French, act. 1740-1770) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1780-1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'8" x W 16'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Miss Kathleen Channing, received 11/6/1964; sold to Ricon de Arts 2/18/1965. Inscriptions: Woven signature on lower guard, center-left: DE LANDRIE[?]VE D'AUBUSSON (Cavallo). Scene divided by 3 leafy, flowering trees with fruits; a heron & other birds in foregroun
Exotic chinoiserie landscape. Pillement, Jean (French, 1728-1808) (designed after) [painter] Landrièsve, François (French, act. 1740-1770) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1780-1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'8" x W 16'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Miss Kathleen Channing, received 11/6/1964; sold to Ricon de Arts 2/18/1965. Inscriptions: Woven signature on lower guard, center-left: DE LANDRIE[?]VE D'AUBUSSON (Cavallo). Scene divided by 3 leafy, flowering trees with fruits; a heron & other birds in foreground; long staircase leading to pagoda on outcrop overhanging a river with a junk; building on hill (R) (BRD) picture-frame border with entwined acanthus leaves; c-scroll acanthus leaves in corners Chevalier, illustrates an example of the city mark & signature (Soustelle). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, H-236-x Chevalier, Aubusson (1988), 98-99 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0243424, 0243435-0243437, 0243441-0243442, 0243445-0243447
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