Gardeners. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (designed after) [painter] Dumons, Jean-Joseph (French, 1687-1779) (author of design, after Boucher) [painter] c. 1750-1780 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. In landscape with tent adorned with decorative elements & with wooden parapet on which man leans, elegantly dressed lady wearing turban with peacock feathers gestures toward gardener holding rake & coming in her direction (R); woman holding fruit in her apron reclines against man, as another gardener ties ribbon o
Gardeners. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (designed after) [painter] Dumons, Jean-Joseph (French, 1687-1779) (author of design, after Boucher) [painter] c. 1750-1780 Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. In landscape with tent adorned with decorative elements & with wooden parapet on which man leans, elegantly dressed lady wearing turban with peacock feathers gestures toward gardener holding rake & coming in her direction (R); woman holding fruit in her apron reclines against man, as another gardener ties ribbon on tree trunk (L); basket (L) & gardening tools (R) laying in foreground; pagoda in distance (BRD) floral border interspersed with acanthus leaves & C-scrolled scallops; (UPR BRD) centered by baron's coat of arms impinging on field This composition is probably based on a sketch by François Boucher, albeit not one of the ones used for the rest of the Beauvais tapestry series (Cavallo). Jean-Joseph Dumons had painted in 1742 & 1743 the cartoons of the Tenture chinoise, from Boucher's sketches, for the Beauvais manufactory. Aubusson, interested in having its own series of Tenture chinoise, in turn used Dumons, before 1754, to adapt Boucher's compositions. However, not all Aubusson compositions of the Tenture chinoise series can be attributed to Dumons. The latter, according to Chevalier, delivered to Aubusson 6 or 7 paintings, along with several compositions specifically for seat furniture. Some of the compositions from the Aubusson Tenture chinoise are therefore likely to have been added after the Dumons contribution, & were painted by other Aubusson artists (Soustelle). The name "Mrs. Hausman" appears on verso of photograph (Soustelle). No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Boccara, Belles heures de la tapisserie (1971), 197 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0243049, 0243062, 0243072; same cartoon: "Le Jardinier" Athens, private coll. (Boccara, p. 197); same
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