Blindman's bluff. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) [painter] c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7' x W 7'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Dr. Thomas Morrison, received 11/12/1964; sold to Simon Mikaeloff 2/25/1966. In landscape with trees & flowering plants, youths & maidens playing at blindman's bluff; young man standing blind-folded & flanked by 2 ladies teasing him; others seated, watching the scene; river & buildings in distance (BRD) picture-frame border with cabochon
Blindman's bluff. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) [painter] c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7' x W 7'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Dr. Thomas Morrison, received 11/12/1964; sold to Simon Mikaeloff 2/25/1966. In landscape with trees & flowering plants, youths & maidens playing at blindman's bluff; young man standing blind-folded & flanked by 2 ladies teasing him; others seated, watching the scene; river & buildings in distance (BRD) picture-frame border with cabochon band interspersed with flowers; C-scroll shaped acanthus leaves framing flowers in corners Stock sheet states that the tapestry is "modern". A similar tapestry with the same border, albeit composition reversed, is illustrated in Göbel. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, H-476-x Göbel, Wandteppiche II:2 (1928), Ill. 278 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0243088, 0243090: 0243091, 0243093-0243097, 0243089 (composition reversed); compositionally similar tapestry (larger composition), GCPA 0243086
Size: 9090px × 8150px
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