Swing. 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 9'10" x W 9'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: London Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from A. A. A. [American Art Association] Nauph Dole, invoiced 12/14/1935. Couple talking (R, foreground), urn on pedestal (L, middle ground), group playing games (center, middle ground), woman on swing, pushed by
Swing. 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 9'10" x W 9'2" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: unknown Culture: English Weaving Center: London Ownership History: French & Co. purchased from A. A. A. [American Art Association] Nauph Dole, invoiced 12/14/1935. Couple talking (R, foreground), urn on pedestal (L, middle ground), group playing games (center, middle ground), woman on swing, pushed by man (L of center, background) (BRD) frame-like with interlocking ornamental design, with cartouches inserted on each side & each corner 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 designed on Watteau's "Plaisirs Champêtres" at Chantilly & "Les Bergers" at Potsdam, among other pictures by Watteau. This tapestry is seen at the left in GCPA 0244583 that shows panels in a tapestry exhibition put on by French & Co. French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 39956 [also lists: 7924, 41933] Marillier, English Tapestries (1930), 123-125 Thomson, History of Tapestry (1930), 491 Related Works: Panels in set: GCPA 0181858-0181862, 0184540-0184541, 0188263, 0184824 (set C); other similar sets: GCPA 0181848-0181852, 0184129-0184133 (set A), 0181853-0181857, 0184135 (set B), 0181863-0181866, 0184136 (set D)
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