America and Europe. Le Barbier, Jean-Jacques-François (the Elder) (French, 1738-1826) (cartoon creator) [painter] De Menou (French, act. 1780-1793) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1790-1791 Tapestry Dimensions: Back: 2'1" x 5'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Woven for Louis XVI, between 4/1790 & 11/1791. Delivered to Abraham Alcan, 9/24/1796. Sold in Paris, from the hôtel of the duc de Richelieu 5/18/1852; purchased by Prince de Béarn. M. Gaston Menier, 1893. Sold at Sotheby's, 12/13/1974, lot 55, London. Artemis , Brussels, 1
America and Europe. Le Barbier, Jean-Jacques-François (the Elder) (French, 1738-1826) (cartoon creator) [painter] De Menou (French, act. 1780-1793) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1790-1791 Tapestry Dimensions: Back: 2'1" x 5'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Woven for Louis XVI, between 4/1790 & 11/1791. Delivered to Abraham Alcan, 9/24/1796. Sold in Paris, from the hôtel of the duc de Richelieu 5/18/1852; purchased by Prince de Béarn. M. Gaston Menier, 1893. Sold at Sotheby's, 12/13/1974, lot 55, London. Artemis , Brussels, 1975. Purchased by Mr. & Mrs. Claus von Bülow, 1978; offered as gift to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. Louis XVI-style, giltwood & upholstered settee The upholstery on this sofa is part of a set of tapestries & upholstery alluding to the War of American Independence & the part played by the French in achieving it. It was woven by the order of King Louis XVI & probably intended as a gift to George Washington, though the Revolution prevented the transaction from materializing. This series comprises 4 panels, representing America, Europe, Africa & Asia, along with 28 covers, eventually mounted on 19th intended for the backs & seats of 2 settees & 12 armchairs. This set is the second of only 2 weavings. Standen illustrates the oil sketch, composition reversed, painted by Le Barbier for the back of the present sofa, p. 590. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 572-605 Badin, La Manufacture de Tapisseries (1909), 66 Coural, Beauvais (1992), 58-63 Destailleur Documents de decoration (1906), pl. 29 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0240711, 0240716, 0240721, 0240727, 0240737, 0240739, 0240735-0240736, 0240738, 0240740-0240748; compositionally similar tapestry (same cartoon, seat of sofa): "Quatre Parties du Monde" Garde Meuble N
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