Maypole. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (author of design) [painter] De Menou (French, act. 1780-1793) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1780-1790 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Edward Tuck coll. France, Paris, Paris, Musée du Petit Palais. Young man & young woman dance around maypole as another young woman, seated on ground, plays flute, dog & another young woman seated on R (BRD) scene framed by palm trees with tall fowering stems growing at base & floral garland l
Maypole. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (author of design) [painter] De Menou (French, act. 1780-1793) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1780-1790 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Edward Tuck coll. France, Paris, Paris, Musée du Petit Palais. Young man & young woman dance around maypole as another young woman, seated on ground, plays flute, dog & another young woman seated on R (BRD) scene framed by palm trees with tall fowering stems growing at base & floral garland looped from tree to tree & fastened with ribbon bow in center, bird on top of each tree The Bulloz photograph shows the tapestry in a frame with a shaped top. Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 557-563 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241732-0241739; compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0241754 (Victoria & Albert Museum), 0241752 (Ex. Cooper coll.), 0241726 (Set B, variation), 0184859 (Set D, variation), see also Standen, p. 560-562
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