The Luncheon
Maker
Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory
(active 1664, combined with Gobelins 1940)
Maker
François Boucher
, designer (French, 1703 - 1770)
Makerunder the directorship of
Andre-Charlemagne Charron
(French)
AfterCommissioned by
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
(French, 1686 - 1755)
Additional Title(s)
- The Noble Pastoral
- Le Déjeuner
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Date1757-1760
Mediumwool and silk with linen lining and dust band
Dimensions130 x 132 in. (330.2 x 335.3 cm.)
DescriptionTapestry shows male and female children and adults enjoying a picnic among ruins.
SignedF. Boucher, 1756 in reverse
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Status
On viewObject number9.5
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.27
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
tapestry covers: mid 18th Century; chair frames: 19th Century
Object number: 9.29
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.30
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.31
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.20
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.21
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.22