Chinese fair. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, ca. 1742) [painter] Dumons, Jean-Joseph (French, 1687-1779) (cartoon creator, 1742-43) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1743-1745 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'11" x W 18'" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (undyed, warp: 8-9/cm); wool & silk (weft: 20-44/cm) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Bergeret set (7/27/1743-12/30/1747); 2nd set woven at Beauvais. French & Co. purchased from Parke Bernet Galleries (Slotsbury sale), 11/18/1944, lot 604; sold to The
Chinese fair. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (author of design, ca. 1742) [painter] Dumons, Jean-Joseph (French, 1687-1779) (cartoon creator, 1742-43) [painter] Besnier, Nicolas (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1743-1745 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'11" x W 18'" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (undyed, warp: 8-9/cm); wool & silk (weft: 20-44/cm) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Bergeret set (7/27/1743-12/30/1747); 2nd set woven at Beauvais. French & Co. purchased from Parke Bernet Galleries (Slotsbury sale), 11/18/1944, lot 604; sold to The Minneapolis Institute of Arts 5/14/1945. United States, Minnesota, Minneapolis, The Minneapolis Institute of Arts, accno. Chinese merchants & entertainers display their wares in shade of date palms: charlatan & assistant on platform beneath canopy on L, lady holds bird in hand as older man points towards bird vendor with birds on cage & boy playing flute to 4 birds on wheel on lower L; woman in rickshaw, dandy wearing straw hat on horseback points towards girl vendor on ground in center; slave next to camel as master & mistress inspect wares of Mongol merchant in R foreground; pagoda-roofed buildings in background (BRD) picture-frame border with curling parsley leaf ornament French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 77271 Adelson, European Tapestry (1994), 322-342, cat. 19 Bertrand, GBA 116 (November 1990), 173-184, & n. 41 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0241371, 0241376; see also Adelson, p. 331-334, Bertrand, p. 183, n. 41
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