Tea party. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (designed after) [painter] Dumons, Jean-Joseph (French, 1687-1779) (author of design, after Boucher) [painter] c. 1755-1780 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. In landscape, chinese man seated at table leans towards lady & converses with her; the couple seated & attended by servant holding parasol above them as child stands ready to serve tea (L); bird on percher hung from pagoda-like wooden shack (R), above 2 children, one drinking from bowl near basket of flowers in fo
Tea party. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (designed after) [painter] Dumons, Jean-Joseph (French, 1687-1779) (author of design, after Boucher) [painter] c. 1755-1780 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. In landscape, chinese man seated at table leans towards lady & converses with her; the couple seated & attended by servant holding parasol above them as child stands ready to serve tea (L); bird on percher hung from pagoda-like wooden shack (R), above 2 children, one drinking from bowl near basket of flowers in foreground Borders missing. This scene is the central part of the complete composition, & is based on a sketch by François Boucher, but not one of those used for the rest of the Beauvais tapestry series. The complete composition also includes, to the left, an attendant pouring tea near a kiln & a child laying on ground, & to the far right, a shopper with a shepherd. 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, 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: Same cartoon (with variations): GCPA 0243042; same cartoon (larger compositions) GCPA 0243040, 0243041, 0243045, 0243046, "La Tenture chinoise: Le Th
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