19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY ENGLISH

This tapestry combines decorative aspects from various weaving centers. The composition incorporates elements such as the central flower vase from the famous Gobelins tapestries designed by Jean Germain Soufflot (d. 1780) and Frangois Boucher (d. 1770) for George William, 6th Earl of Coventry for Croome Court, Worcestershire, England, between 1758 and 1767, which is today in The Metropolitan Museum of Art (E. Standen, European Post-Medieval Tapestries and Related Hangings in The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1985, vol. I, cat. 57, pp. 385 - 410). The closest parallels are, however, the extremely decorative tapestries by Joshua Morris form Soho of the 1720's which depict very similar parrots perched on branches flanking a central flower vase (H.C. Marillier, English Tapestries of the Eighteenth Century, London, 1930, plates 3 - 4).