Dance. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (designed after) [painter] Dumons, Jean-Joseph (French, 1687-1779) (author of design, after Boucher) [painter] c. 1750-1780 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'11" x W 9'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. Emperor seated under canopy, itself covered by large superstructure held by twisted columns (L), as musicians & dancers entertain him in landscape, with pagoda in distance (BRD) picture-frame border with floral wreaths interspersed with scrolled acanthus leaves & C-scrolled scallo
Dance. Boucher, François (French, 1703-1770) (designed after) [painter] Dumons, Jean-Joseph (French, 1687-1779) (author of design, after Boucher) [painter] c. 1750-1780 Tapestry Dimensions: H 7'11" x W 9'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. Emperor seated under canopy, itself covered by large superstructure held by twisted columns (L), as musicians & dancers entertain him in landscape, with pagoda in distance (BRD) picture-frame border with floral wreaths interspersed with scrolled acanthus leaves & C-scrolled scallops; formal arrangement of floral motifs enclosing bouquet of flowers in corners This composition is based on a sketch by François Boucher now held at the Musée des Beaux Arts et d'Archéologie, Besançon, France (Cavallo). Jean-Joseph Dumons had painted in 1742 & 1743 the cartoons of the Tenture chinoise, from Boucher's sketches, for the Beauvais manufactory. Aubusson, interested in having its own series of Tenture chinoise, in turn employed Dumons, before 1754, to adapt Boucher's compositions. However, not all Aubusson compositions of the Tenture chinoise series can be attributed to Dumons. The latter, according to Chevalier, delivered to Aubusson 6 or 7 paintings, along with several compositions specifically for seat furniture. Some of the compositions from the Aubusson Tenture chinoise are therefore likely to have been added after the Dumons contribution, & were painted by other Aubusson artists (Soustelle). The note "Mr. Jacobs- Baltimore" on the verso of photograph (Soustelle). No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Chevalier, Aubusson (1988), 112-17 Mathias, Exotisme et Tapisserie (1983), ill. 19 Related Works: Panels in set: 0243059, 0243068, 0243073, 0184434-0184436; compositionally similar tapestries: "La Tenture chinoise: La Danse" private coll. (Chevalier, , ill. 1), "La Danse chinoise" Château des Évêques, Mercuès, Lot, France (Mathias,
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