Chancellerie portière with the arms of the Greder Family of Solothurn, Switzerland. unknown c. 1691-1694 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9' x W 9'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool, silk & metallic thread Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Commissioned by François Laurent Greder, probably between 1691 1694. French & Co. ?. United States, Missouri, Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, accno. 32-191/3. Flanked by 2 swans & near plumed helmet & breastplate, under canopy hung from grotesque frame (BRD) arabesque framework with husks & trailing foliage with fruit & other decor
Chancellerie portière with the arms of the Greder Family of Solothurn, Switzerland. unknown c. 1691-1694 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9' x W 9'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool, silk & metallic thread Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Commissioned by François Laurent Greder, probably between 1691 1694. French & Co. ?. United States, Missouri, Kansas City, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, accno. 32-191/3. Flanked by 2 swans & near plumed helmet & breastplate, under canopy hung from grotesque frame (BRD) arabesque framework with husks & trailing foliage with fruit & other decorative motifs It is not clear where this Chancellerie set was woven. There are similarities in many elements of design with the work of Jean Bérain I, even though these elements, according to Standen, would not have been used from any single plate. The Nelson-Atkins Museum suggests the Bacor workshop, Paris may have been involved in the weaving, but it is only tentative. The present panel was woven in 2 pieces. This portière, with a plain background was probably part of a set which may have originally included 8 panels (of which 3 are known to exist in American public collections). Standen suggests there may have been another piece with a plain background, 4 with garden backgrounds & 2 with country landscapes. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Ward, Nelson-Atkins Handbook (1993), 174 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 437-40 Related Works: Panels in possible set: GCPA 0240764, 0240775, see also Standen, p. 438-440
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