Lot Essay
The children are after a print by Alexis Peyrotte which formed part of the "Suite des Nouveaux Cartouches Chinois", published at about the same date.
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A LENGTH OF FRENCH CRIMSON SATIN LAMPAS
Circa 1740-45
Woven and brocaded in ivory and green silks with large chinoiserie figures being offered fruit and playing with birds, interspersed with arrangements of flowers and blossom
28 in. x 72 in. (72 cm. x 183 cm.);
and a collection of matching fragments(a lot)
See Wardrobe XVII
Circa 1740-45
Woven and brocaded in ivory and green silks with large chinoiserie figures being offered fruit and playing with birds, interspersed with arrangements of flowers and blossom
28 in. x 72 in. (72 cm. x 183 cm.);
and a collection of matching fragments(a lot)
See Wardrobe XVII
Literature
See catalogue entry 14, "Chinoiserie, L'influence de la Chine sur les arts en Europe XVIIe-XIXe sicle", exhibition at Abegg-Stiftung Bern in Riggisberg, 6 Mai-28 Oktober 1984.