Toilet of a princess. Vanderbank, John (British, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1690-1715 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11' x W 13'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: English Weaving Center: London Ownership History: Elihu Yale coll.; Guilford family coll., Glemham, Suffolk. Sold at Sotheby's London 7/18/1924. French & Co. purchased from Henry Symons 2/6/1925; sold to Esther Harkness, 5/6/1926, who donated them to the Yale University, New Haven. United States, Connecticut, New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery. Oriental figures, plants & birds on islands, dark background; u
Toilet of a princess. Vanderbank, John (British, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1690-1715 Tapestry Dimensions: H 11' x W 13'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool & silk Culture: English Weaving Center: London Ownership History: Elihu Yale coll.; Guilford family coll., Glemham, Suffolk. Sold at Sotheby's London 7/18/1924. French & Co. purchased from Henry Symons 2/6/1925; sold to Esther Harkness, 5/6/1926, who donated them to the Yale University, New Haven. United States, Connecticut, New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery. Oriental figures, plants & birds on islands, dark background; upper island (R), castle & bridge lead to temple; upper island (L), group of musicians; central island, woman & child; lower island (R), barefoot Indian couple; lower island (L), woman & attendant, 2 girls (BRD) garlands of flowers & fruit with ribbons; (L & R BRD) monkeys in center; (UPR & LWR BRD) vases in center, birds in corners There are several different sets of this tapestry series. Moreover, many are created with combinations of motifs drawn from each other. See Standen's 1980 article for a survey of many of the panels, motifs, sources of design & bibliography. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 26572-b [also lists: 12619] Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan (1985), 717-725, no. 127 Standen, MetMusJ (1980), XV, 119-142 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0181884-0181891 (set C); compositionally similar tapestry (but with different borders & in reverse), GCPA 0181877-0181878; other similar sets: GCPA 0181875-0181878 (set A), 0181879-0181883, 0184128 (set B), 0181892-0181894 (set D), 0181895-0181897 (set E), 0181898 (set F)
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