Landscape with ladies and gentlemen playing games. Fourier, Joseph (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1780-1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'8" x W 24'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from O. [Ohan] S. Berberyan, invoiced 6/15/1928; sold to Galleria Luigi Bellini 5/11/1962. Inscriptions: City mark in central field, lower center: Inscriptions: Wowen signature in central field, lower center: In landscape with trees & wild, flowering plants & animals near shore (R), composition di

Landscape with ladies and gentlemen playing games. Fourier, Joseph (French, ) (workshop) [weaver] c. 1780-1800 Tapestry Dimensions: H 8'8" x W 24'5" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: French Weaving Center: Aubusson Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from O. [Ohan] S. Berberyan, invoiced 6/15/1928; sold to Galleria Luigi Bellini 5/11/1962. Inscriptions: City mark in central field, lower center: Inscriptions: Wowen signature in central field, lower center: In landscape with trees & wild, flowering plants & animals near shore (R), composition divided into 3 scenes: man collecting water from stream cascading over large rock as he puts arm around a woman's neck; a couple, the woman blind-folded & the man carrying a goose, attended by audience of people holding floral garlands & wearing straw-hats; man wearing straw-hat in small boat near shore, conversing privately with woman (R); buildings with mill in distance (BRD) drapery proscenium & garland: (UPR BRD) looped through acanthus-anchored tassels, & with central suspended bouquet; (L & R BRD) garland spirals around drapery & fluted columns The related work GCPA 0240510 (cited below) also features a similar signature by the weaver Fourier. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 32235 Related Works: Compositionally similar tapestry (right end scene only): GCPA 0240625; similar border: GCPA 0240510

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