Dial and swing. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) [painter] c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9' x W 13'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Harold C. Mathews, received 6/25/1941; sold to Jacob [illegible] 12/31/1948. In landscape with arched gateway & buildings (L), trees & plants, a group of men & women with children gathered around a sun dial & flanked by cattle grazing (L); 2 young men each holding rope flank a lady on a swing (R); arched bridge in distance (BRD) pole with
Dial and swing. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) [painter] c. 1780-1810 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9' x W 13'6" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Harold C. Mathews, received 6/25/1941; sold to Jacob [illegible] 12/31/1948. In landscape with arched gateway & buildings (L), trees & plants, a group of men & women with children gathered around a sun dial & flanked by cattle grazing (L); 2 young men each holding rope flank a lady on a swing (R); arched bridge in distance (BRD) pole with acanthus spiral French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 75368 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:2 (1928), Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0240653, 0243098; compositionally similar tapestries (with variations), GCPA 0240640, 0243103
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