Arabesque with busts. Morris, Joshua (British, ) (workshop) [weaver] Clermont, Andien de (French, 1730-1756) (author of design, attr.) [painter] c. 1730-1750 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'10" x W 15'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: London Ownership History: Lionel Harris Coll. (Spanish Art Gallery), London. French & Co. purchased from Parke-Bernet Galleries, lot 1018, (Rovensky sale), 1/22/1957. French & Co. sold to Mrs. Hamilton Rice 5/9/1957. Sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, lots 343-344 (Hamilton Rice sale), 10/23/1965. England, Great

Arabesque with busts. Morris, Joshua (British, ) (workshop) [weaver] Clermont, Andien de (French, 1730-1756) (author of design, attr.) [painter] c. 1730-1750 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'10" x W 15'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: London Ownership History: Lionel Harris Coll. (Spanish Art Gallery), London. French & Co. purchased from Parke-Bernet Galleries, lot 1018, (Rovensky sale), 1/22/1957. French & Co. sold to Mrs. Hamilton Rice 5/9/1957. Sold at Parke-Bernet Galleries, lots 343-344 (Hamilton Rice sale), 10/23/1965. England, Greater London, London, Christie's, March 12, 1970, lot 155. 2 female busts on pedestals with baskets of flowers beneath, flank central vase of flowers; swags of flowers, various birds (parrot, L; cockatoo, R; pheasant, center) & various animals (monkey, L; squirrel, R) (BRD) floral swags with palmette-shells in corners, stylized rosettes within cartouches in center of each side French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 57533 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan (1985), 726-729, no. 128, illus. Cavallo, Boston tapestries (1967), 166-170, pls. 53, 53a Marillier, English Tapestries (1930), 8-10, pl. 4a Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0181828-30; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York), Ref. , "Arabesques" (GCPA 0181828); Museum of Fine Arts (Boston), Ref. , "Arabesques with Bust" (GCPA 018129:30)

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