Blindman's bluff. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) [painter] c. 1750-1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'2" x W 7'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. George W. Crawford, received 1/13/1948; sold to Charles Sternberg 2/7/1966. In landscape with trees & flowering plants, youths & maidens playing at blindman's bluff; young man standing blind-folded & flanked by 2 ladies teasing him; others seated, watching the scene; river & buildings in distance (BRD) string of pearls with spiral
Blindman's bluff. Huet, Jean-Baptiste (French, 1745-1811) (designed after) [painter] c. 1750-1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'2" x W 7'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from Mrs. George W. Crawford, received 1/13/1948; sold to Charles Sternberg 2/7/1966. In landscape with trees & flowering plants, youths & maidens playing at blindman's bluff; young man standing blind-folded & flanked by 2 ladies teasing him; others seated, watching the scene; river & buildings in distance (BRD) string of pearls with spiral garland A similar tapestry with the same border, albeit composition reversed, is illustrated in Göbel Vol. 2, part 2, ill. 278. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 45851 Göbel, Wandteppiche II:2 (1928), Ill. 278 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestries: GCPA 0243088, 0243090-0243094, 0243096-0243097, 0243089 (composition reversed); compositionally similar tapestry (larger composition), GCPA 0243086
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