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Lot Essay
Notre tapis de table est un bel exemple de cette rare production hollandaise. Quatre sont conservés au Rijksmuseum, et analysés dans E. Hartkamp-Jonxis, H. Smit, European Tapestries in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2004, pp. 285-190. Ils peuvent être identifiés grâce à la stylisation des bulbes de fleurs à pédoncules partant dans diverses directions, associés avec des fruits, comme dans le présent tapis de table. La plupart datent du second voire du troisième quart du XVIIème siècle, et ont été tissés à Delft, Gouda et Schoonhoven. Sur les quarante exemples connus, aucun ne comporte de signature complète permettant d’identifier un atelier parmi les plus connus : la famille Van der Gucht à Delft et Gouda, la famille Gooseenson et David Schaep, à Gouda, et Pierre de Cracht à Schoonhoven. Néanmoins, Delft était un centre majeur de tissage de tapisseries fleuries comme en témoignent la représentation des tapis de table dans les peintures ; Johann Vermeer en reproduit au moins dans quatre de ses œuvres, telle que Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman (début 1660), maintenant dans les collections royales, et l’Astronome (1668), maintenant conservé au Louvre. Ce tapis de table est à rapprocher de celui de la Residenz Museum, Munich (G.T. Van Ysselsteyn, Tapestry Weaving in the Northern Netherlands, vol. I, Leiden, 1936, no. 185) et un autre précédemment chez French & Co., New York, in Hartkamp-Jonxis, Smit, op. cit., p. 275, fig. 107. Un exemple comparable a été vendu par Christie’s, New York, 20 mai 2008, lot 369, et un autre à Christie’s, Londres, 4 novembre 2010, lot 70.
This floral table carpet is one of a select number, which includes four examples in the Rijksmuseum, discussed in E. Hartkamp-Jonxis, H. Smit, European Tapestries in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2004, pp. 285-290. Typical of Northern Netherlandish weaving, they can be identified by their rendition of flowering bulbs on stalks placed in various directions, sometimes, as in the table carpet offered here, combined with fruit. Most date from the second and third quarter of the 17th century, and were made in Delft, Gouda and Schoonhoven. Of the forty plus known examples, none bear a complete signature, which might lead to a firm identification to the best-known workshops like the Van der Gucht family in Delft and Gouda, the Gooseenson family and David Schaep, also in Gouda, and Pieter de Cracht in Schoonhoven. However, Delft was an important centre for floral tapestry as supported by depictions of such table carpets in paintings; Johannes Vermeer showed table carpets in at least four of his paintings, for example Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman (early 1660s), now in the Royal Collection, and The Astronomer (1668), now in the Louvre. This table carpet is closely related to one in the Residenz Museum, Munich (G.T. van Ysselsteyn, Tapestry Weaving in the Northern Netherlands, vol. I, Leiden, 1936, no. 185), and another formerly with French & Co., New York, in Hartkamp-Jonxis, Smit, op. cit., p. 275, fig. 107.
A comparable example sold Christie’s, New York, 20 May 2008, lot 369 ($39,400 inc. premium), another sold Christie’s, London, 4 November 2010, lot 70, £55,250 (sold after sale).
This floral table carpet is one of a select number, which includes four examples in the Rijksmuseum, discussed in E. Hartkamp-Jonxis, H. Smit, European Tapestries in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, 2004, pp. 285-290. Typical of Northern Netherlandish weaving, they can be identified by their rendition of flowering bulbs on stalks placed in various directions, sometimes, as in the table carpet offered here, combined with fruit. Most date from the second and third quarter of the 17th century, and were made in Delft, Gouda and Schoonhoven. Of the forty plus known examples, none bear a complete signature, which might lead to a firm identification to the best-known workshops like the Van der Gucht family in Delft and Gouda, the Gooseenson family and David Schaep, also in Gouda, and Pieter de Cracht in Schoonhoven. However, Delft was an important centre for floral tapestry as supported by depictions of such table carpets in paintings; Johannes Vermeer showed table carpets in at least four of his paintings, for example Lady at the Virginals with a Gentleman (early 1660s), now in the Royal Collection, and The Astronomer (1668), now in the Louvre. This table carpet is closely related to one in the Residenz Museum, Munich (G.T. van Ysselsteyn, Tapestry Weaving in the Northern Netherlands, vol. I, Leiden, 1936, no. 185), and another formerly with French & Co., New York, in Hartkamp-Jonxis, Smit, op. cit., p. 275, fig. 107.
A comparable example sold Christie’s, New York, 20 May 2008, lot 369 ($39,400 inc. premium), another sold Christie’s, London, 4 November 2010, lot 70, £55,250 (sold after sale).