Portière with the Chauvelin arms. Audran, Claude III (French, 1658-1734) [painter] Vernansal, Guy-Louis (French, 1648-1729) (cartoon creator) [painter] Pavillion (French, ) (cartoon creator) [painter] Le Blond, Etienne Claude (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] 1729-1730 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'6 1/4" x W 8'11 3/8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk (warp: 22-24/inch, weft: 60-76/inch) Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Given to Germain Louis Chauvelin, marquis de Grosbois & garde des Sceaux, by Louis XV. French & Mortimer L. Schiff co
Portière with the Chauvelin arms. Audran, Claude III (French, 1658-1734) [painter] Vernansal, Guy-Louis (French, 1648-1729) (cartoon creator) [painter] Pavillion (French, ) (cartoon creator) [painter] Le Blond, Etienne Claude (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] 1729-1730 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11'6 1/4" x W 8'11 3/8" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk (warp: 22-24/inch, weft: 60-76/inch) Culture: French Weaving Center: Paris Ownership History: Given to Germain Louis Chauvelin, marquis de Grosbois & garde des Sceaux, by Louis XV. French & Mortimer L. Schiff coll., New York; sold at Christie's (London), 6/22/1938, lot 74; purchased by J. Paul Getty. J. Paul Getty Museum (1965). United States, California, Los Angeles, J. Paul Getty Museum, accno. Inscriptions: Woven signature in lower guard, right: [fleur-de-lys]. [N reversed] Cartouche with arms of France & Navarre set on pedestal, with cherubim's head & crown at top, enclosed by canopy hung with ermine-lined mantle; set on fleur-de-lys patterned background (BRD) wide band with Chauvelin arms in corners; (UPR BRD) band with trellis pattern & shell ornament; (LWR BRD) band with trellis pattern & shell ornament, centered by cartouche with interlaced "C"s for Chauvelin; (L & R BRD) centered by cherubim flanked by crossed scepters 8th weaving. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Fénaille, Gobelins 3 (1903-1923), 133-51 Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 1 (1985), 361-64 Bremer-David, French tapestries & textiles (1997), 28-33 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:1 (1928), 172-74 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0243883-0243885; compositionally similar set: GCPA 0243886-0243887 (Pontchartrain set)
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