Swing. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (author of design) [painter] De Menou (French, act. 1780-1793) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1780-1790 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'9" x W 5'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Baron Hirsch coll. George A. Cooper coll., 1903. Boy on swing with tree on L, girl on R holds rope attached to swing, boy with lamb sits at her feet, girl seated on ground on L looks towards figures (BRD) framed by palm trees with tall flowering stems at base & leafy branches & floral wreaths at
Swing. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (author of design) [painter] De Menou (French, act. 1780-1793) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1780-1790 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'9" x W 5'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Baron Hirsch coll. George A. Cooper coll., 1903. Boy on swing with tree on L, girl on R holds rope attached to swing, boy with lamb sits at her feet, girl seated on ground on L looks towards figures (BRD) framed by palm trees with tall flowering stems at base & leafy branches & floral wreaths at mid-points, drapery & garlands looped from tree to tree & fastened in center with tasselled cord Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 557-563 Bennett-Goldney, George A. Cooper (1903), 9-12 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241750-0241753; compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0241732 (Petit Palais 2, without draperies), 0241742 (Louvre), 0241744 (Metropolitan Museum of Art), 0241755 (Victoria & Albert Museum), see also Standen, p. 560-562
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