Birds nesting. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (author of design) [painter] De Menou (French, act. 1780-1793) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1780-1790 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'9" x W 6'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Baron Hirsch coll. George A. Cooper coll., 1903. Young man in tree reaches towards nest with chicks as young next to trees holds out bird cage, young couple seated on ground before tree, lamb next to seated woman (BRD) framed by palm trees with tall flowering stems at base & leafy branche
Birds nesting. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (author of design) [painter] De Menou (French, act. 1780-1793) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1780-1790 Tapestry Dimensions: H 9'9" x W 6'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp); wool & silk (weft) Culture: French Weaving Center: Beauvais Ownership History: Baron Hirsch coll. George A. Cooper coll., 1903. Young man in tree reaches towards nest with chicks as young next to trees holds out bird cage, young couple seated on ground before tree, lamb next to seated woman (BRD) framed by palm trees with tall flowering stems at base & leafy branches & floral wreaths at mid-points, drapery & garlands looped from tree to tree & fastened in center with tasselled cord Standen, Tapestries in the Metropolitan 2 (1985), 557-563 Bennett-Goldney, George A. Cooper (1903), 9-12 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0241750-0241753; compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0241737 (Petit Palais 2), see also Standen, p. 560-56
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