Birds nesting. 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 in tree reaches towards nest with chicks as young next to trees holds out bird cage, young couple seated on ground before tree, lamb next to seated woman (BRD) scene framed by palm trees with tall fowering stems gr
Birds nesting. 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 in tree reaches towards nest with chicks as young next to trees holds out bird cage, young couple seated on ground before tree, lamb next to seated woman (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 0241751 (Ex. Cooper coll.), see also Standen, p. 560-562
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