Antique European Tapestry Rug

Antique European Tapestry rug, size: 10'6" x 18'0". #20947 Tapestry 10’ 4” x 17’ 8” Wool and Silk pattern wefts on wool warp; warps/inch. Beauvais, French Royal Tapestry Workshop under the direction of Nicolas Besnier and Jean – Baptiste Oudry (1734-1753), or A.C. Charron (1753-1780). Designed by Francois Boucher Subject: La Musique (Music) No. 9 of a set of 14 panels “Fetes Italiennes” or “Italian Scenes”, showing peasants and working class folk with a few panels displaying members of the upper classes at play. “Music” is one of these. Boucher’s original drawings for Music (and other tapestries as well are in The Stadelkunst – institute, Frankfort, Germany and in a private, Paris collection. This was Boucher’s first tapestry design commission for the Beauvais factory. His other work includes the “Nobles Pastorales...

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Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Tapestry is weft-faced weaving, in which all the warp threads are hidden in the completed work, unlike cloth weaving where both the warp and the weft threads may be visible. In tapestry weaving, weft yarns are typically discontinuous; the artisan interlaces each colored weft back and forth in its own small pattern area. It is a plain weft-faced weave having weft threads of different colors worked over portions of the warp to form the design. Most weavers use a natural warp thread, such as wool, linen or cotton. The weft threads are usually wool or cotton but may include silk, gold, silver, or other alternatives. The success of decorative tapestry can be partially explained by its portability (Le Corbusier once called tapestries...