Lot Essay
This tapestry forms part of a series of nine tapestries inspired by the Tenture Chinoise compositions painted by Franois Boucher for the Royal Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory between 1743 and 1775. These were adapted by Jean-Joseph Dumons for the Aubusson factory on Jean-Franois Picon's instructions prior to 1754.
A tapestry of the same subject but extending to both sides was sold anonymously, Phillips London, 11 February 1992, lot 38, while a tapestry of the same subject and nearly of this size is in the Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris (D. and P. Chevalier and P.-F. Franois Bertrand, Les tapisseries d'Aubusson et de Felletin, Lausanne, 1988, p. 115).
A tapestry of the same subject but extending to both sides was sold anonymously, Phillips London, 11 February 1992, lot 38, while a tapestry of the same subject and nearly of this size is in the Musée Nissim de Camondo, Paris (D. and P. Chevalier and P.-F. Franois Bertrand, Les tapisseries d'Aubusson et de Felletin, Lausanne, 1988, p. 115).