Lot 100
100
A LOUIS XV AUBUSSON CHINOISERIE TAPESTRY
A LOUIS XV AUBUSSON CHINOISERIE TAPESTRY

CIRCA 1755-1770, AFTER DESIGNS BY FRANOIS BOUCHER AND JEAN-JOSEPH DUMONS, FROM THE WORKSHOPS OF FRANOIS PICON

Details
A LOUIS XV AUBUSSON CHINOISERIE TAPESTRY
Circa 1755-1770, after designs by Franois Boucher and Jean-Joseph Dumons, from the workshops of Franois Picon
Woven with various chinoiserie figures within a landscape including a Mandarin and his lady having tea while an attendant holds an umbrella above them, to the right children sip tea, on the left side a servant approaches the couple, and on the right, a shepherd is seated under a tree playing a flute before a dignified Chinese gentleman
8ft. 1in. x 21ft. 7in. (2m. 46cm. x 6m. 57cm.)
Provenance
With French & Company, New York, 27 October 1926

Lot Essay

The present lot is one from a series of nine Aubusson tapestries inspired by the Tenture Chinoise compositions painted by Boucher for the Royal Beauvais tapestry manufactory, and woven between 1743 and 1775. The original Beauvais designs were subsequently adapted by Dumons for the Aubusson factory and extended with three additional subjects including the present composition. A less complete version of the present lot (lacking the figures on the far right side and the borders) is in the collection of the Muse du Louvre, Paris and is illustrated in D. and P. Chevalier and P. Bertrand, Les tapisseries d'Aubusson et de Felletin, Lausanne, 1988, pp. 114-5.