Dial. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) [painter] c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'8" x W 7'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Elizabeth M. Godwin, received 5/7/1946; sold to V. C. [Vigo & Charles] Sternberg 9/19/1962. In landscape with arched gateway & buildings (L), trees & plants, a group of men & women with children gathered around a sun dial & flanked by cattle grazing; arched bridge in distance (R) (BRD) pole with garland spiral This tapestry is often seen as th
Dial. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) [painter] c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'8" x W 7'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Elizabeth M. Godwin, received 5/7/1946; sold to V. C. [Vigo & Charles] Sternberg 9/19/1962. In landscape with arched gateway & buildings (L), trees & plants, a group of men & women with children gathered around a sun dial & flanked by cattle grazing; arched bridge in distance (R) (BRD) pole with garland spiral This tapestry is often seen as the left half of a larger composition, including a lady on a swing flanked by 2 men. It can be further extended to the right with the inclusion of a woman with children & animals. The tapestry was very likely reduced in width, probably from a width of 9'3" to 7'6". French & Co. may have wanted to fashion dimensions for a tapestry that would bring it in line with other panels of the same set, like GCPA: 0243110. The dimensions for the panel on the stock sheet were probably the ones before the alteration took place. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 44509-d Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0240661, 0243110, 0243213, 0244557; compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0240651, 0240655, 0240657-0240660, 0243101; compositionally similar tapestries (larger composition), GCPA 0240640, 0240653, 0243098-0243099, 0243103
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