A number of similar woven pictorial panels can be found in private and public collections. One, in the Musee des Arts Décoratifs, Lyons, depicts the Head of Christ crowned with thorns, and is signed with a monogram.(Verlet, P.: The James A. de Rothschild Collection at Waddesdon Manor, The Savonnerie, London, 1982 p.315, pl.192). Two depicting interior scenes were sold by Christie's on the premises at Dell Park, 30 April 1979, lot 356, while a further pair of unsigned still life panels depicting flowers and fruit were recently sold in our Amsterdam salerooms, 9th July 1997, lot 246.

At the end of 1742 the control of the Savonnerie factory passed to the Duvivier family and subsequently passed from father to son, ending with Saint-Ange Duvivier, the last director of the Chaillot factory.
Under these directors or entrepreneurs were a number of weavers and their families. A system of payment for the work completed was established between them, but the weavers and their families could earn extra money by weaving in secret, usurping the privilege of the entrepreneurs who had the right to weave designs outside the range of official production. It is possible that these unmonogramed but complete pictures were produced by the weavers in secret as these products do not appear in the official records of the factory. An alternative suggestion is that they were produced as apprenticeship pieces, demonstrating the technical virtuosity of the weaver, during the very lengthy period he had to remain as an apprentice before he was finally allowed full status.