Couple dancing. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (author of design) [painter] De Menou (French, act. 1780-1793) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1780-1790 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Edward Tuck coll. France, Paris, Paris, Musée du Petit Palais. Inscriptions: Woven monogram & city mark in field, lower right corner: [fleur-de-lys] (obscured in photograph) Dancing woman with outstretched arms, holding basket of flowers in her R hand & wreath in her L hand
Couple dancing. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (author of design) [painter] De Menou (French, act. 1780-1793) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1780-1790 Tapestry Dimensions: H x W m Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Edward Tuck coll. France, Paris, Paris, Musée du Petit Palais. Inscriptions: Woven monogram & city mark in field, lower right corner: [fleur-de-lys] (obscured in photograph) Dancing woman with outstretched arms, holding basket of flowers in her R hand & wreath in her L hand, with dancing man behind her, seated woman with dog watches dancers & raises flower to her face on L, another dog jumps up towards bird in garland forming outer border on R, 2 children watch dancing couple from behind low fence, suspended bird cage in tree behind couple (BRD) scene framed by stylised palm trees with flowers growing at base; drapery, floral garland & tassels on cords looped around palm trees & across top with parrot & small bird perched on top; outer garland on L, R & upper sides Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 557-563 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241728-0241731; compositionally similar tapestry: 0241747, see also Standen, p. 560-562
Size: 4330px × 6144px
Photo credit: © piemags/GB24 / Alamy / Afripics
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