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Tapestry-Covered Firescreen

Tapestry-Covered Firescreen

Maker (French tapestry factory, active from 1662 to the present)
After (French, 1686 - 1755)
After
After (French)
Maker (French, 1703 - 1770)
Additional Title(s)
  • L'Amour Vendangeur
  • écran de cheminée
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Date1738-1740 or 1767; frame, 1909-1910.
Mediumwool, silk and cotton; traces of pigment; modern cotton inner lining and modern silk outer backing; gessoed and gilded beech frame.
Dimensionstapestry panel: 36 5/8 x 45 5/16 in. (93 x 115.1 cm.)
DescriptionNeo-classical firescreen showing children at play in a rustic setting.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Label TextThe design of this tapestry screen derives from a series of paintings executed by François Boucher in the early 1730s representing the four seasons. In this example, Cupid, the Vintager, harvesting his wine grapes, represents autumn. Originally designed to be a decorative overdoor panel, the tapestry was placed in a gilded frame and made into a firescreen in the late 19th century. At the same time, the three birds in the sky were added to cover up repairs to the weave.
Status
On view
Object number9.32
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Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
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Tapestry-Covered Chair
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
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Tapestry-Covered Settee
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
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Object number: 9.30
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Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.31
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Tapestry-Covered Chair
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
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Object number: 9.20
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Tapestry-Covered Chair
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
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Object number: 9.21
Tapestry-Covered Chair
Tapestry-Covered Chair
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
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Object number: 9.22
Tapestry-Covered Chair
Tapestry-Covered Chair
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
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Object number: 9.23
Tapestry-Covered Chair
Tapestry-Covered Chair
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.24
Tapestry-Covered Chair
Tapestry-Covered Chair
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
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Object number: 9.25
Tapestry-Covered Chair
Tapestry-Covered Chair
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
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Object number: 9.26
Photography © 2015 Fredrik Nilsen
Six-fold Screen
Savonnerie Manufactory
1719/84; frame of later date (probably nineteenth-century).
Object number: 11.41