Musicians. Bérain, Jean (the Elder) (French, 1640-1711) (style of) [draughtsman] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (author of design) [painter] Béhagle, Philippe I (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Béhagle, Philippe II (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Mérou, Noël Antoine de (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1688-1732 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'10" x W 6'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from de Souhami 11/24/1913; sold to H. McBride 6/11/1921. Architectural screen
Musicians. Bérain, Jean (the Elder) (French, 1640-1711) (style of) [draughtsman] Monnoyer, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1636-1699) (author of design) [painter] Béhagle, Philippe I (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Béhagle, Philippe II (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] Mérou, Noël Antoine de (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1688-1732 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'10" x W 6'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from de Souhami 11/24/1913; sold to H. McBride 6/11/1921. Architectural screen framing scene with small, draped table with music books flanked by man playing viola & woman playing triangle, beneath elaborate curved canopy; musicians are flanked by platforms with plants in jardinieres; on top of the architectural screen are suspended musical trophies (BRD) picture-frame border This series comprises six pieces: 3 wide, horizontal panels & 3 upright ones. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 5544 Bennett, Tapestry San Francisco (1992), 258-265, cat. 82 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 441-55 Standen, Acts Tapestry Symposium (1979), 209-19 Badin, La Manufacture de Tapisseries (1909) Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries (same cartoon): GCPA 0241188, 0241205, see also Standen Acts, p. 210
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