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Lot Essay
The fine tapestries to the backs of this salon suite depict scenes taken from various cartons designed by François Boucher for the Beauvais manufactory and woven under the supervision of Jean-Baptiste Oudry, Nicolas Besnier and André Charlemagne Charron: The scenes of Bacchus et Ariane on the canapé, and of Vénus chez Vulcain on one of the bergères, are taken from the series Amours des Dieux (1749); the Toilette de Psyché on the second bergère is taken from the series L'Histoire de Psyché (1741); and the Vertumne et Pomone and Vénus et les Amours on the fauteuils is taken from the series Fragments d'Opéra (1752).
The firm known from 1867 as Mercier Frères was established in 1828 by Claude Mercier with premises at 15, rue Beautrellis. Moving shortly afterwards to 100, rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, where it remained until its final demise in 1986, the firm exhibited at the Exposition de produits de l'industrie française in 1844 and 1849, and participated in most of the major International Exhibitions of the latter half of the century.
The firm known from 1867 as Mercier Frères was established in 1828 by Claude Mercier with premises at 15, rue Beautrellis. Moving shortly afterwards to 100, rue du Faubourg Saint-Antoine, where it remained until its final demise in 1986, the firm exhibited at the Exposition de produits de l'industrie française in 1844 and 1849, and participated in most of the major International Exhibitions of the latter half of the century.