Portière with the coat of arms of Joseph-Marie. Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1686-1755) (author of design) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. ? 1740 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. ?. France, Oise, Beauvais, Musée départemental de l'Oise. Inscriptions: City mark in lower guard, Inscriptions: Woven signature & date underneath in lower field, right: Oudry / 1733 [in reverse] Inscriptions: Woven signatures in lower guard, right: BESNIER E [et]
Portière with the coat of arms of Joseph-Marie. Oudry, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1686-1755) (author of design) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. ? 1740 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. ?. France, Oise, Beauvais, Musée départemental de l'Oise. Inscriptions: City mark in lower guard, Inscriptions: Woven signature & date underneath in lower field, right: Oudry / 1733 [in reverse] Inscriptions: Woven signatures in lower guard, right: BESNIER E [et] Second duc de Boufflers on shield surmounted by coronet, flanked by 2 tigers, & with Mars (L) & Minerva (R) (BRD) decorative border with scallop shells, & acanthus leaves in corners Badin, p. 75 lists the presence of 8 portières woven for the duc de Boufflers in 1740, & Coural, p. 163 states that 8 portières were woven for the duc de Boufflers between August 1737 & August 1742. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Coural, Beauvais (1992), 40, 163 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 478-80 Badin, La Manufacture de Tapisseries (1909), 30-33, 75 Related Works: Panels in set: "Arms of Joseph Marie, second duc de Boufflers" (GCPA 0240771), "Portière aux armes du duc de Boufflers" (GCPA 0240772)
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