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 Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. In landscape, servant pouring tea (L), child laying on ground & another serving tea (R) (BRD) picture-frame border with acanthus leaves & peacock feathers framing cabochons of precious stones, alternating with shaped reserves of trellis pattern headed with rosettes; (LWR BRD) cabochon framed by acanthus leaves in
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 Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. In landscape, servant pouring tea (L), child laying on ground & another serving tea (R) (BRD) picture-frame border with acanthus leaves & peacock feathers framing cabochons of precious stones, alternating with shaped reserves of trellis pattern headed with rosettes; (LWR BRD) cabochon framed by acanthus leaves in corners This panel, a fragment, depicts the left half of The Tea-Party, a larger composition. Patching in the lower border & the mitred corners in the upper border suggests the panel's width has been reduced, probably for a particular commission. GCPA 0243043 & GCPA 0243048, with which the present panel is in set, are most likely the remaining fragments which used to form the complete tapestry. 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. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Chevalier, Aubusson (1988), 112-17 Boccara, Belles heures de la tapisserie (1971), 206 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:2 (1928), pl. 276 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0243043, 0243048, 0243050, 0243069, 0243074-0243075; same cartoon (larger compositions): GC
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