Repast. Leprince, Jean Baptiste (French, 1734-1781) (author of design) [painter] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] 1771-1772 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Tapestry delivered to the Affaires Etrangères in 1772 with the rest of the 2nd set; may have remained in storage until the French Revolution. Probably in the Voisin sale, Angers, 7/27/1863 (no. 196), when it was bought by the dealer Vail. Acquired by the fourth marquess of Hertford before 1865. Inherited by Sir Richard Wallace, 1870;
Repast. Leprince, Jean Baptiste (French, 1734-1781) (author of design) [painter] Charron, André-Charlemagne (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] 1771-1772 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Tapestry delivered to the Affaires Etrangères in 1772 with the rest of the 2nd set; may have remained in storage until the French Revolution. Probably in the Voisin sale, Angers, 7/27/1863 (no. 196), when it was bought by the dealer Vail. Acquired by the fourth marquess of Hertford before 1865. Inherited by Sir Richard Wallace, 1870; by Lady Wallace, 1890; by Sir John Murray Scott, 1897; by Victoria, Lady Sackville, 1912; sold by her to the dealer Jacques Seligmann, Paris, 1914. French & Co. purchased from Jacques Seligmann & Co. 12/17/1919; sold to Oliver Gould Jennings, New York, 1/24/1920. Given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Mary Brewster Jennings, 1948, in memory of her husband, Oliver Jennings. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. Inscriptions: Woven monogram & city mark on lower guard, right: [fleur-de-lys] Stout man stands in front of table covered with fringed cloth, on L sitting on ground are a young man & young woman holding a tambourine, the head of another girl is visible between them, further to L a standing woman plays a stringed musical instrument; behind table are a man smoking a hookah, a man holding the sides of a dish, figures visible behind him, & a young man holding a wreath above the head of a seated girl; in R foreground is a servant holding a tray with cups & ewer, beside him kneels another man (a Pole?); canopied boat in water on far R with mermaid figure-head & figures in boat; platters of food in center foreground; arrow quiver, oboe & horn in L foreground; round tent with awning behind table & tent with pyramid top behind female musician (BRD) picture-frame border with oak leaf within acanthus guilloche; (UPR BR
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