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Material: Silk
fractals
Located in Coral Gables, FL
John Brevard's new silk tufted rug collection is a masterful interplay of fractals and sacred geometries, each piece a testament to the elegance of mathematical symmetry in design. H...
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2010s Spanish Aesthetic Movement Silk Western European Rugs

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Silk

Après la Pluie, Rug by Maison Pinton and Ulrika Liljedahl
By Ulrika Liljedahl, Maison Pinton
Located in Paris, FR
Après la Pluie, Rug made by Ateliers Maison Pinton, from an Ulrika Liljedahl design. Wool and silk. H 186 x L 284 cm / H 73,22 x W 111,81 in. Limited Edition of 6 For over 150 years...
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2010s European Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

17th Century Antique Flemish Verdure Tapestry w/ Trees & bird
Located in New York, NY
An antique 17th century Flemish Verdure Landscape Tapestry An antique 17th century Flemish verdure landscape tapestry, size: 7.4 H x 4.9 W. This fine handwoven European wall hanging...
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17th Century Belgian Antique Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Littoral, Rug by Maison Pinton and Perrin&Perrin
Located in Paris, FR
Littoral, Rug made by Ateliers Maison Pinton, from a Perrin&Perrin design. Wool, silk, cotton and bamboo. H 175 x L 285 cm / H 68,8 x W 112,2 in. Limited Edition of 6 For over 150 y...
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2010s European Silk Western European Rugs

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Silk, Cotton, Wool, Bamboo

Lichens, Rug by Maison Pinton and Perrin&Perrin
Located in Paris, FR
Lichens, Rug made by Ateliers Maison Pinton, from a Perrin&Perrin design. Wool, silk, cotton and bamboo. H 180 x L 250 cm / H 70,8 x W 98,4 in. Limited Edition of 6 For over 150 yea...
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2010s European Silk Western European Rugs

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Silk, Bamboo, Wool, Cotton

Bobyrug’s Pretty antique French Aubusson Tapestry medieval design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite French tapestry from the mid-20th century, handwoven in the renowned Aubusson workshops. This masterpiece replicates a 15th-century museum tapestry, featuring heraldic moti...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Bobyrug’s Pretty Mid Century French Aubusson Tapestry dog design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very pretty mid century french Aubusson tapestry with beautiful design of a dog and with beautiful colours. Entirely handwoven with wool and silk on cotton foundation. ✨✨✨ "Experien...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Cotton, Silk

Bobyrug’s Pretty Mid Century French Aubusson Tapestry by Chantal Aynes
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very pretty mid century french Aubusson tapestry with beautiful abstract design of a city ( at the left top of the tapestry there’s the monogram of the name of the artist, «chA» and ...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Cotton, Silk

Bobyrug’s pretty antique French needlepoint chair cover tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite late 19th-century French needlepoint tapestry originally from a chair cover but can be also use for cushions, or frames. Adorned with a captivating floral design from the N...
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Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Bobyrug’s pretty antique French needlepoint chair cover tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite late 19th-century French needlepoint tapestry originally from a chair cover but can be also use for cushions, or frames. Adorned with a captivating floral design from the N...
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Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Bobyrug’s pretty antique French needlepoint chair cover tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite late 19th-century French needlepoint tapestry originally from a chair cover but can be also use for cushions, or frames. Adorned with a captivating floral design from the N...
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Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Bobyrug’s pretty antique French needlepoint chair cover tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite late 19th-century French needlepoint tapestry originally from a chair cover but can be also use for cushions, or frames. Adorned with a captivating floral design from the N...
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Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Bobyrug’s pretty antique French needlepoint chair cover tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite late 19th-century French needlepoint tapestry originally from a chair cover but can be also use for cushions, or frames. Adorned with a captivating floral design from the N...
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Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Bobyrug’s pretty antique French needlepoint chair cover tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite late 19th-century French needlepoint tapestry originally from a chair cover but can be also use for cushions, or frames. Adorned with a captivating floral design from the N...
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Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Bobyrug’s pretty antique French needlepoint chair cover tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite late 19th-century French needlepoint tapestry originally from a chair cover but can be also use for cushions, or frames. Adorned with a captivating floral design from the N...
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Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Bobyrug’s pretty antique French needlepoint chair cover tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite late 19th-century French needlepoint tapestry originally from a chair cover but can be also use for cushions, or frames. Adorned with a captivating floral design from the N...
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Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Bobyrug’s pretty antique French needlepoint chair cover tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Exquisite late 19th-century French needlepoint tapestry originally from a chair cover but can be also use for cushions, or frames. Adorned with a captivating floral design from the N...
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Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Pacifico 400 Rug by Illulian
Located in Geneve, CH
PACIFICO 400 rug by Illulian Dimensions: D400 x H300 cm Materials: wool 50%, silk 50% Variations available and prices may vary according to materials and sizes. Illulian, hist...
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2010s Italian Post-Modern Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Amazing 17th Century Antique French Silk And Wool Verdure Tapestry 10' x 12'10"
Located in New York, NY
Amazing 17th Century Antique French Silk And Wool Verdure Tapestry, Country of origin: France, Circa date: 17th Century
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17th Century French Romantic Antique Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

cc-tapis NCFC Maxi Rug by cc-tapis Design Lab
Located in Brooklyn, NY
NCFC by the cc-tapis design-lab, a new expression of classics. A cc-tapis keystone collection of handwoven rugs with simple and geometric designs inspired...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

'Duo Self' Handmade Rug by Linie Design, 190 cm, Wool, Linen, Mohair & Silk
Located in Paris, FR
Duo Self, 'Axiom' collection by Linie Design Rectangular handmade rug. Materials: 74% NZ Wool / 15% Linen / 10% Silk / 1% Mohair Hand knotted rug Dimensions: 190 cm x 135 cm An ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Scandinavian Modern Silk Western European Rugs

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Mohair, Wool, Silk, Linen

'Awry Frame', Handmade Rug by Linie Design, 215 cm, Wool, Linen & Silk
Located in Paris, FR
Awry Frame, 'Axiom' collection by Linie Design Rectangular handmade rug. Materials: 50% NZ Wool / 25% Linen / 15% Argentine Wool / 10% Silk Hand knotted rug Dimensions: 215 cm x...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Scandinavian Modern Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk, Linen

'Slanted Self' Handmade Rug by Linie Design, 230 cm, Wool, Mohair & Silk
Located in Paris, FR
Slanted Self, 'Axiom' collection by Linie Design Abstract rug. Materials: 70% New Zealand Wool, 15% Mohair & 15% Silk Hand knotted rug Dimensions: 190 cm x 230 cm An artistic an...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Scandinavian Modern Silk Western European Rugs

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Silk, Mohair, Wool

'Lineal Flow' Handmade Rug by Linie Design, 240 cm, Wool & Silk
Located in Paris, FR
Lineal Flow, 'Axiom' collection by Linie Design Rectangular handmade rug. Materials: 85% New Zealand Wool / 15% Silk Hand knotted rug Dimensions: 170 cm x 240 cm An artistic and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Scandinavian Modern Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

'Self Mirage' Handmade Rug by Linie Design, 240 cm, Wool, Linen & Silk
Located in Paris, FR
Self Mirage, 'Axiom' collection by Linie Design Rectangular handmade rug. Materials: 40% Merino Wool / 30% NZ Wool / 25% Silk /5% Linen Hand knotted rug Dimensions: 170 cm x 240 c...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Scandinavian Modern Silk Western European Rugs

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Linen, Wool, Silk

'Secret Mind' Handmade Rug by Linie Design, 240 cm, Wool & Silk
Located in Paris, FR
Secret Mind, 'Axiom' collection by Linie Design Rectangular handmade rug. Materials: 70% New Zealand Wool / 30% Silk Hand knotted rug Dimensions: 170 cm x 240 cm An artistic and ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Scandinavian Modern Silk Western European Rugs

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Silk, Wool

'Unmasked Eye' Handmade Rug by Linie Design, 215 cm, Wool & Silk
Located in Paris, FR
Unmasked Eye, 'Axiom' collection by Linie Design Abstract handmade rug. Materials: 55% NZ Wool / 30% Argentine Wool / 15% Silk Hand knotted rug Dimensions: 215 cm x 100 cm An art...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Scandinavian Modern Silk Western European Rugs

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Silk, Wool

FILAMENT, Handtufted Wool and Vegan Silk Rug by Laura Niubó / Small
Located in Venice, CA
The Espressionismo Floreale rug collection is woven from a luxurious blend of New Zealand wool and vegan silk. The rugs are designed in Los Angeles and made in Portugal using the han...
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2010s Portuguese Modern Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Leaf, Handtufted Wool and Vegan Silk Rug by Laura Niubó / Small
Located in Venice, CA
The Espressionismo Floreale rug collection is woven from a luxurious blend of New Zealand wool and vegan silk. The rugs are designed in Los Angeles and made in Portugal using the han...
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2010s Portuguese Modern Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

CARPEL, Handtufted Wool and Vegan Silk Rug by Laura Niubó / Small
Located in Venice, CA
The Espressionismo Floreale rug collection is woven from a luxurious blend of New Zealand wool and vegan silk. The rugs are designed in Los Angeles and made in Portugal using the han...
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2010s Portuguese Modern Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

ANTHER, Handtufted Wool and Vegan Silk Rug by Laura Niubó / Small
Located in Venice, CA
The Espressionismo Floreale rug collection is woven from a luxurious blend of New Zealand wool and vegan silk. The rugs are designed in Los Angeles and made in Portugal using the han...
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2010s Portuguese Modern Silk Western European Rugs

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Silk, Wool

Contemporary Floral Lilly Design Hand Knotted Silk Rug by Doris Leslie Blau
Located in New York, NY
Contemporary floral lilly design hand knotted silk rug by Doris Leslie Blau. Size: 9.0" × 12.0" (274 × 365 cm). This stunning contemporary rug is a dream come true of any art lover. ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Art Deco Silk Western European Rugs

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Silk

Antique French Aubusson Tapestry Birds Wool & Silk Large 5x9ft 148x280cm 1900
Located in New York, NY
Antique French Aubusson Tapestry Birds Wool & Silk Large 5x9 1900 4'10" x 9'2" 148cm x 280cm "This is an outstanding antique French Aubusson t...
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Early 1900s French Baroque Antique Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Antique French Aubusson Tapestry Hermes Mercury Wool & Silk Square 6x6 176x178cm
Located in New York, NY
Antique French Aubusson Tapestry Birds Wool & Silk Large 5x9 1900 4'10" x 9'2" 148cm x 280cm "This is an outstanding antique French Aubusson tapestry in a fantastic large square size- This wool & silk treasure incorporates impeccable attention to detail- Depicting a scene of Hermes and Mercury...
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Early 1900s French Baroque Antique Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Antique Aubosson/Gobelein wall carpet, France 17th century. Verdure motif, silk
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique Aubosson/Gobelein wall carpet, France late 17th century. Verdure motif, silk Antique Musael Aubosson tapestry made of silk and partly wool. Very fine and antique design. Dep...
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Late 17th Century French Antique Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Christian Lacroix Carpet for ToolsGalerie #1/5, France, 2009, in stock
Located in PARIS, FR
Christian Lacroix has created "Drag in Drag on" for ToolsGalerie. This rug depicts a small dragon, a favourite figure of Christian Lacroix, devouring or being born from a Savonnerie, the name given to traditional velvet rugs...
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Early 2000s French Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Antique Silk Aubosson wall carpet, France late 19 century. Verdure motif, signed
Located in Berlin, DE
Antique Silk Aubosson wall carpet, France late 19 century. Verdure motif, signed Antique Musael Aubosson tapestry made of silk and partly wool. Very fine and antique design. Depict...
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Late 19th Century French Antique Silk Western European Rugs

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Wool, Silk

Geometric Handwoven silk rug - crafted in Kashmir and designed by Dena Lawrence
By Dena Lawrence
Located in WEMBLEY DOWNS, AU
Geometric - Hand woven Silk Rug: Enter the captivating world of the "Geometric" rug – an exquisite creation by designer Dena Lawrence, handwoven in luxurious silk in Kashmir. Celebr...
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2010s Indian Modern Silk Western European Rugs

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Silk

Tapestry Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period 1738 at the Gobelins
Located in Madrid, ES
Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson, Louis XVI period , made in 1738 at the Gobelins One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the History of Esther, illustrating Esther seated and attended by handmaidens, one washing her feet in golden basin, another fastening a bracelet, another offering a mirror, all observed by Mordecai, woven in the workshop of Michele Audran after a design by J. F. de Troy. The Toilet of Esther c.1778-85.Royal Collection Trust-Queens Audience Chamber Windsor Castle The Sketches for the Esther Cycle by Jean-François de Troy (1736) “and the maid was fair and beautiful; whom Mor’decai, ..., took for his own daughter.” (Est. 2:7) A supple and undulating genius, both a flattering portraitist and a prolix history painter, as well as a brilliant genre painter, in a gallant or worldly vein, Jean-François de Troy (Paris, 1679 – Rome, 1752), solicited, although he had passed the threshold of old age, a new royal commission up to his ambitions. To obtain it, he submitted – successfully - for the approval of the Bâtiments du roi (administration), seven modelli painted in 1736 with his usual alacrity. Inspired by one of the most novelistic texts of the Old Testament, the Book of Esther, these sketches in a rapid and virtuoso manner were transformed by the artist, between 1737 and 1740 into large cartoons intended to serve as models for the weavers of the Gobelins factory. Showing undeniable ease and skill in the composition in perfect harmony with the sensitivities of the times, the tapestry set met with great success. The Story of Esther perfectly corresponded to the plan of the Bâtiments du roi to renew the repertoire of tapestry models used for the weavers of the royal factories while it also conformed to the tastes of Louis XV’s subjects for a fantastical Orient, the set for a dramatic tale in which splendour, love and death were combined. Indeed, no tapestry set was woven in France during the 18th century as often as that of Esther. The series of modelli painted by de Troy during the year 1736 looks to the history of French painting and decoration under Louis XV as much as it does the history of the Gobelins. It probably counts among the most important rococo pictorial groups to have remained in private hands. First the Biblical source illustrated by De Troy which constitutes the base of one of the richest iconographical traditions of Western art will be considered. Then the circumstances and specific character of French civilisation during the reigns of Louis XIV and Louis XV which contributed to making the theme of Esther a relevant subject, both attractive to contemporaries and remarkably in line with the sensitivities of the time will be elucidated. An examination of the exceptional series of sketches united here, the cartoons and the tapestries that they anticipate as well as a study of their reception will close this essay. The Book of Esther: A scriptural source at the source of rich iconography. The origin of the Esther tapestry set by Jean-François de Troy – origin and creation of a masterpiece According to the evidence of one of the artist’s early biographers, the chevalier de Valory, author of a posthumous elegy of the master, read at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture on 6 February 1762, it was apparently due to early16 rivalry with François Lemoyne (1688-1737), his younger colleague who had precisely just been appointed First Painter to the King in 1736, that had encouraged François de Troy to seek a commission allowing him to show off his ease and his promptitude at the expense of a rival who was notoriously laborious: “M. De Troy, retaining some resentment of the kind of disadvantage which he believed to have suffered compared with his emulator looked to regain some territory by making use of the facility his rival did not possess. Lemoyne was excessively long in the creation of his works,and M. De Troy of a rare celerity: consequently, with this particular talent, the latter offered to the court to make paintings appropriate to be executed at the Gobelins Factory; and it is to this circumstance that we owe the beautiful series of the Story of Esther, which would be sufficient alone to give him a great reputation.”17 Beyond the suspicion inspired by the topos, which still constitutes, more or less, a tale of rivalries between artists in ancient literature, there is probably some truth in what Valory reports although A.-J. Dezalier d’Argenville (who indicates rather spitefully that de Troy did not hesitate to “cut prices” to impose himself, benefitting from the productivity assured by the unlikely rapidity of his brush)18 proves to be more evasive: “As he looked to busy himself, he had offered to make the paintings that serve as models for the King’s tapestries cheaply: which did not please his colleagues. He was given a choice of two tapestry series to be made and he took the Story of Esther and that of Jason”.19 Whether or not the choice was actually left to de Troy (which would appear rather casual on the royal administration’s part all the same), it seems likely that the artist, whose contemporaries extol his “fire”, as the faculty of invention was then called, must have ardently aspired to the possibility of using on a very large scale the “creative genius” with which Dezallier d’Argenville credits him. The decoration of the private apartments, the fashion for which Louis XV had promoted at Versailles and Fontainebleau, offered little opportunity to excel in this area. Other than painting for altarpieces, only tapestries could allow comparison with Lemoyne who had been granted – unfortunately for him – a major decoration: the enormous ceiling of the Hercules Room at Versailles. Favoured by the recent improvement in France’s financial situation, the revival of patronage offered de Troy a commission fitting for him, in a field in which, however, he had hardly any experience. Anxious to renew the repertoire of models available to the Gobelins factory, the Duc d’Antin, surintendant des Bâtiments du roi from 1708 to 1736 followed by his successor, Philibert Orry comte de Vignory, gave him the task of producing seven large cartoons inspired by the Book of Esther corresponding to the brilliant sketches or modelli which de Troy had produced in one go, or almost (very few preparatory drawings can in fact be linked to the Esther cycle and all seem to be at the execution stage of the cartoons).20 Subjected to the approval of the Administration des Bâtiments according to the procedure in use for projects being planned for the Gobelins, sketches made rapidly during 1736 were approved and the project launched immediately. Thereupon came the news of François Lemoyne’s death, who, ground down by work and a victim of his private torment, committed suicide on 4 June 1737. Against all expectations, de Troy did not replace his rival in the position of First Painter (which remained vacant until the appointment of Charles Coypel in January 1747), which would perhaps have made him too obviously the beneficiary of the drama. The awarding of the position of Director of the French Academy in Rome came to console him while he had already produced (or he was in the process of finishing), in Paris, three of the seven cartoons of the cycle (The Fainting of Esther finished in 1737 and the Toilet and Coronation of Esther, both finished in 1738). De Troy, we can see, did not follow the order of the narrative but began with the subjects which apparently offered the least difficulty because he had already depicted them, or because they fall into a strong pictorial tradition (such is the case especially for the Fainting of Esther). He had hardly settled at the Palazzo Mancini in August 1738, when his first task which awaited the new director of the French Academy naturally consisted of honouring the royal commission and finishing without delay the final cartoons of the Story of Esther after the sketches he must have taken with him. As prompt as ever, de Troy discharged himself of the execution of the four remaining cartoons in only two years, by beginning with the largest format which allowed him to strike the imagination and to impose himself as soon as he arrived on the Roman stage: the Triumph of Mor’decai which was finished in 1739 (like Esther’s Banquet). The following year, the Mor’decai's Disdain and The Sentencing of Haman were brought to an end in the same Neo-Venetian style, obviously tributary to Veronese with its choice of “open” monumental architecture which is characteristic of the entire cycle.21 The series, it should be noted, was almost augmented with some additional scenes in the mid 1740s. Indeed, the first tapestry set finished at the Gobelins in 1744 proved to be unsuitable for the arrangement of the Dauphine’s apartments at Versailles for which it had been intended to decorate the walls the following year (cf infra). Informed of this, de Troy, considering that the story of Esther offered “several good subjects,” immediately offered to illustrate one or new subject among those “which could appear to be the most interesting”. The directeur des Bâtiments Orry, who managed the State’s accounts, obviously judged it less costly to have one of the tapestries widened to fill in the end of the Dauphine’s bedroom,22 which has probably deprived us of very original compositions, because de Troy had already illustrated the most famous themes, those that benefitted from a strongly established iconographical tradition and from which it was not easy to deviate The Tapestry Set of the Story of Esther Placed on the tapestry looms of the Gobelins at the end of the 1730s in Michel Audran’s workshop, the cycle created by de Troy aroused true infatuation. The few hundred tapestries made between 1738 and 1797 – all in high-warp tapestry and woven in wool and silk except for four in low-warp made in Neilson’s workshop – show the impressive success of a tapestry set that was without any doubt the most frequently woven of the 18th century in France. 29 Only three cartoons had been delivered by de Troy in 1738 when the first tapestry set was begun by Audran under the expert eye of Jean-Baptiste Oudry to whom the Directeur général des bâtiments, Philibert Orry had assigned the (weekly) supervision of the weaving. During the summer of 1738, the piece of the Fainting of Esther, which Oudry judged to be admirable, was finished. During the winter of 1742, Oudry informed Orry that about two ells of the Triumph of Mor’decai had been made “with no faults”,that the Coronation of Esther was finished and that the Esther at her Toilet “a very gracious tapestry” was “a little over half” finished. Exhibited at Versailles in 1743, these two last pieces were admired by Louis XV and the Court. On 3 December 1744, the set of seven tapestries was finally delivered to the Garde Meuble. It was intended, the honour was not slight, to decorate the apartments of the Infanta Maria Teresa Rafaela of Spain whose marriage to the young Dauphin Louis-Ferdinand had been fixed for the following year (it took place on 23 February 1745). Apparently it was thought that the theme of Esther the biblical heroine and wife of a foreign sovereign was appropriate for the apartments of the Spanish Dauphine. As early as the month of March, the architect Ange-Jacques Gabriel informed de Troy that her grand cabinet was decorated with the “Esther tapestry set” specifying however that “for lack of two small or one large piece, we have not been able to decorate the end of the room”. This difficulty led immediately to the Banquet episode being woven a second time in two parts (they were delivered to the Garde-Meuble on 30 December 1746) to garnish the panels on each side of the bed of the Dauphine who would hardly enjoy them (she died on 22 July 1746 and the decoration was installed for the new Dauphine Maria Josepha of Saxony). The appearance of the set’s remarkable border, which imitated a richly sculpted wooden frame, should be mentioned. Conceived in 1738 by the ornamentalist Pierre Josse-Perrot and used in the later weavings until 1768, it tended to reinforce the resolutely painterly appearance of the tapestry set which, in this regard, pushed the art of tapestry as far as its ultimate mimetic possibilities. With the exception of Mor’decai's Disdain which had been removed earlier, the “editio princeps” of the story of Esther (from then on in nine pieces) remained at Versailles until the Revolution. Of the eight surviving tapestries, four are at the chateau of Compiègne and four belong today to the Mobilier National. No less than seven tapestry sets reputed to be complete (one of them in fact only had six tapestries) would be produced officially at the Gobelins up to 1772. Literature: 1- The Œuvres mêlées of an emulator of Racine, the Abbé Augustin NADAL thus include an Esther. Divertissement spiritual which is exactly contemporary with Jean François de Troy’s cycle since it was performed in 1735 and published in Paris three years later. 2-Le Siècle de Louis XIV, 1751, 1785 ed., p. 96-97 for French ed. 3- Lemoyne and de Troy had been obliged to share the First Prize in the competition organised in 1727 between the most prominent history painters of the Académie Royale. 4- Mémoires…, pub. L. DUSSIEUX et al., 1854, II, p.265. 5-The fact that de Troy, at the risk of falling out with his colleagues, did not hesitate to make use of prices in order to convince the new directeur des Bâtiments Philibert Orry, is confirmed by Mariette who adds tersely “it caused much shouting” (pub. 1851-1860, II, p. 103). 6- Abrégé de la vie des plus fameux peintres…, ed. 1762, IV, p. 368-369 20 Early comments on the painter are inclined to present him as a kind of “pure painter”, doing without the medium of drawing, a few intermediary studies between the Esther sketches and the large cartoons at the Louvre nevertheless show that de Troy used red chalk (see in the catalogue, the notice for the Meal of Esther and Ahasuerus under the entry drawing) to change one or other figure. 7-C. GASTINEL-COURAL (cat. exp. PARIS, 1985, p. 9-13) as well as the article by J. VITTET, exh. cat. LA ROCHE-GUYON, 2001, p. 51-55. 8-The Hermitage in St. Petersburg conserves five tapestries of these two royal gifts whose provenance still awaits elucidation (as far as we are aware). In 1766, the Grand Marshal of Russia, Count Razumovski (or Razamowski), acquired the Fainting and the Banquet extracted from the sixth weaving (J. VITTET, 2001, p. 53). 9- Lettres écrites de Suisse, d’Italie…,quoted by J. VITTET, op. cit., p. 54. 10-The tapestry set remained in the hands of a branch of the Hapsburg-Lorraine family until 1933 (ibid. P. 54). 11-Quoted by Chr. LERIBAULT, 2002, p. 97, note 269. 12-Y. CANTAREL-BESSON, 1992, p. 241. Catalogue The Esther at her Toilet Oil on canvas, 57 x 51 cm Provenance: Painted in 1736 at the same time as the six other modelli of the Story of Esther intended to be presented, for approval, to the direction des Bâtiments du Roi; perhaps identifiable among a lot of sketches by Jean-François de Troy in the post mortem inventory of the amateur, historian and critic Claude-Henri Watelet (1718-1786) drawn up on 13 January 1786 and following days (A.N. T 978, n° 30) then in the sale of the property of the deceased, Paris, 12 June 1786, n° 33; Paris, François Marcille Collection (who owned a series of six sketches from which the Triumph of Mor’decai was missing, see infra); Paris, Marcille Sale, Hôtel Drouot, 12-13 January 1857, n° 36; Asnières, Mme de Chavanne de Palmassy ( ?) collection; Paris, Galerie Cailleux; Paris, Humbert de Wendel collection (acquired from the Galerie Cailleux in 1928); by inheritance in the same family; Paris, Sotheby’s, 23 June 2011, n° 61. In order not to add unnecessarily to the technical commentary on each work, the catalogue raisonné by Chr. Leribault which contains a substantial bibliography on the series should be referred to. The other bibliographical references only concern the publications and exhibitions to have appeared and been presented more recently. Bibliography and Exhibitions: Chr. LERIBAULT, 2002, n° P. 247 (repr.); E. LIMARDO DATURI, 2004, p. 28; Exh. cat. NANTES, 2011, p. 138, n° 34, referred to in note 1; Sotheby’s catalogue, Tableaux anciens et du XIXe siècle, 23 June 2011, n° 61 (repr.). Related Works: Tapestry cartoon: The cartoon (oil on canvas, 329 x 320 cm), the third made by the artist in Paris after the sketches had been approved by the direction des Bâtiments, is in the Louvre (Inv. 8315). It previously bore the painter’s signature and the date 1738 (inscriptions which are found on the tapestries). 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