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325 - MANUFACTURE ROYALE D'AUBUSSON - Second half of the 18th cent…
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MANUFACTURE ROYALE D'AUBUSSON - Second half of the 18th century Exceptional, important and rare wool and silk tapestry, with two subjects: La Main Chaude and La Marchande d'Oublies, from the Tenture des Jeux Champêtres From cartoons by Jean Baptiste HUET (1745-1811) and Nicolas-Jacques JULLIARD (1715-1790) Beautifully coloured vegetation Border decorated with ribboned cords surrounded by garlands of flowers and foliage finely drawn in polychrome Remarkable freshness of the colours Marked at the bottom in the blue counter border: M.R.D.I.B. for Manufacture Royale des Successeurs d'Isaac Barraband (a great family of Aubusson weavers) 248 x 328 cm Good condition, maintenance restorations, lined tapestry Bibliography: BERTRAND Pascal-François, Aubusson tapestries of the Enlightenment. Splendours de la Manufacture royale, fournisseur de l'Europe au XVIIIe siècle, 2013, p. 183-193, fig. 241 to 249 Note: This exceptional tapestry is distinguished by its great rarity. It bears the mark of the estate of the famous Barraband family of weavers in Aubusson, a name emblematic of the great French textile tradition of the XVIIIᵉ century. Because of its remarkable size, its double subject and above all the presence of this weaver's mark, our copy appears to be a new and unique work that has not been recorded. To date, very few examples of the Tenture des Jeux Champêtres are known. Some of them are in important museum collections, including the Saint Petersburg Museum, the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Cologne, and the former Galerie Chevalier collection, although the subject matter is different from ours. However, none of these examples bears the Barraband weaver's mark, which makes our tapestry exceptional. The first subject, La Main Chaude (The Hot Hand), illustrates an old game that was very popular under the Ancien Régime: a participant, his head bent over the knees of another player, must guess who has just hit him on the hand. Frequently depicted in the gallant iconography of the XVIIIᵉ century, this scene blends entertainment, intimacy and amorous innuendo in a spirit that is both light-hearted and refined. The second subject, La Marchande d'oublies, features a travelling saleswoman who is an illustration of the popular game of pleasures. Provenance: Private collection in Paris Expert: Frank Kassapian - Tel: 06 58 68 52 26
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