Blindman's bluff. (French) c. 1760-1770 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'5" x W 16'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & from Mrs. James B. Haggin, invoiced 1/18/1934; returned 12/9/1948. In garden park landscape with trees, flowering plants & fountain, youths playing at blindman's bluff; young man standing blind-folded plays with 2 ladies while a woman is filling hat with water at fountain (L); another man with 2 ladies watch the scene (R) (BRD) pole with alternating acanthus leaf & garland spiral; acanthus leaves fr
Blindman's bluff. (French) c. 1760-1770 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'5" x W 16'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & from Mrs. James B. Haggin, invoiced 1/18/1934; returned 12/9/1948. In garden park landscape with trees, flowering plants & fountain, youths playing at blindman's bluff; young man standing blind-folded plays with 2 ladies while a woman is filling hat with water at fountain (L); another man with 2 ladies watch the scene (R) (BRD) pole with alternating acanthus leaf & garland spiral; acanthus leaves framing cabochon in corners GCPA 0243204 shows the tapestry on the wall to the right, in a furnished interior, probably a French & Co. show-room. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 18081-a Göbel, Wandteppiche II:2 (1928), Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0243207-0243208; compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0243083, 0243205 (smaller composition), "Blindman's bluff" ex. Rosenfeld-Goldschmidt coll. (Göbel, )
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