Dance. Watteau, Jean Antoine (French, 1684-1721) (designed after) [painter] Pater, Jean-Baptiste Joseph (French, 1695-1736) (designed after) [painter] Bradshaw, George Smith (British, 1717-1812) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1730-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'1" x W 6'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: London Ownership History: French & Co. Couple strolling (L, foreground), couple dances (center, R middle ground) (BRD) frame-like acanthus-leaf decoration, with cartouches inserted once on each side & each corner Top of central central field has been cut down & p
Dance. Watteau, Jean Antoine (French, 1684-1721) (designed after) [painter] Pater, Jean-Baptiste Joseph (French, 1695-1736) (designed after) [painter] Bradshaw, George Smith (British, 1717-1812) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1730-1760 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'1" x W 6'3" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: London Ownership History: French & Co. Couple strolling (L, foreground), couple dances (center, R middle ground) (BRD) frame-like acanthus-leaf decoration, with cartouches inserted once on each side & each corner Top of central central field has been cut down & patched with part of same or similar tapestry. Border has been pieced together in several places. Top border missing. See other tapestries with same border design & similar treatment: GCPA 0181854:0181855. French & Flemish tapestries of similar subject are based on the "Italian Comedy" or "Fêtes Venitiennes". However, Bradshaw produced a totally new suite of scenes based on pictures by Watteau. This scene is partly based on Watteau's "Départ pour Cythère" at Potsdam & "Fête Venitienne" in Edinburgh. It is also partly based on Pater's "Fête in a Park" in the Wallace Collection. No French & Co. stock sheet in archive, no stock number Marillier, English Tapestries (1930), 123-125 Thomson, History of Tapestry (1930), 491 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0181853-0181857, 0154135 (set B); other similar sets: GCPA 0181848-0181852, 0184129-0184133 (set A), 0181858-0181862, 0184540-0184541, 0188263, 0184824 (set C), 0181863-0181866, 0184136 (set D)
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