Blindman's bluff. unknown c. 1770 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'5" x W 11' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Henry Symons, invoiced 9/13/1926; sold to J. W. Warner 3/14/1927. In garden park with trees, & flowering plants, youths playing at blindman's bluff; young man standing blind-folded plays with 2 ladies (L) while other man with 2 ladies watch the scene (R) (BRD) pole with garland spiral; acanthus leaves framing flower head in corners The main figures are derived from compositions by Watteau or Boucher,
Blindman's bluff. unknown c. 1770 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'5" x W 11' Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Henry Symons, invoiced 9/13/1926; sold to J. W. Warner 3/14/1927. In garden park with trees, & flowering plants, youths playing at blindman's bluff; young man standing blind-folded plays with 2 ladies (L) while other man with 2 ladies watch the scene (R) (BRD) pole with garland spiral; acanthus leaves framing flower head in corners The main figures are derived from compositions by Watteau or Boucher, or possibly by their followers (Cavallo). The related works (cited below) depict a larger composition, with a woman filling a hat with water from a fountain, to the left (Soustelle). French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 14340 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:2 (1928), Pl. 279 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries (larger composition), GCPAs: 0243083, 0243207, "Blindman's Bluff" ex. Rosenfeld-Goldschmidt coll. (Göbel, pl. 279)
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