Dance. Watteau, Jean Antoine (French, 1684-1721) (designed after) [painter] Pater, Jean-Baptiste Joseph (French, 1695-1736) (designed after) [painter] Bradshaw, George Smith (British, 1717-1812) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1730-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'8" x W 14'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: London Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Percival Farghar, 10/8/1917; sold to R. B. Mellon 10/19/1921 [SS 4461]. French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Alan M. Scaife, 12/28/1939 [SS 41390]. Couple strolling toward fountain (L, foreground), couple dancing
Dance. Watteau, Jean Antoine (French, 1684-1721) (designed after) [painter] Pater, Jean-Baptiste Joseph (French, 1695-1736) (designed after) [painter] Bradshaw, George Smith (British, 1717-1812) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1730-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'8" x W 14'9" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: London Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Percival Farghar, 10/8/1917; sold to R. B. Mellon 10/19/1921 [SS 4461]. French & Co. purchased from Mrs. Alan M. Scaife, 12/28/1939 [SS 41390]. Couple strolling toward fountain (L, foreground), couple dancing (center, middle ground), group of ladies, 2 men & children (R, middle ground) (BRD) frame-like with interlocking ornamental design, with cartouches inserted on each side & each corner Some apparent changes from other sets is seen within group of figures on right. Image for GCPA 0181858 is in reverse; yet negative was scanned correctly. French & Flemish tapestries of similar subject are based on the "Italian Comedy" or "Fêtes Venitiennes". However, Bradshaw produced a totally new suite of scenes based on pictures by Watteau. This scene is partly based on Watteau's "Départ pour Cythère" at Potsdam & "Fête Venitienne" in Edinburgh. It is also partly based on Pater's "Fête in a Park" in the Wallace Collection. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 4461 French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 41390 French & Co. stock sheet missing from archive, 20051 Marillier, English Tapestries (1930), 123-125 Thomson, History of Tapestry (1930), 491 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0181858-0181862, 0184540-0184541, 0188263, 0184824 (set C); other similar sets: GCPA 0181848-0181852, 0184129-0184133 (set A), 0181853-0181857, 0184135 (set B), 0181863-0181866, 0184136 (set D)
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