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Late 19th-Century Antique French Aubusson Tapestry Inspired by Francois Boucher
Located in Dallas, TX
73625 Late 19th-Century Antique French Aubusson Tapestry, 07'06 x 09'00. An opportunity reserved for the most discerning collectors, this one-of-a-kind, handwoven French Rococo Aubus...
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Late 19th Century French Aubusson Antique Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool, Silk
Modern Style HandTufted Rug Combines in Mustard Purple Blue and Gray by RAG Home
By RAG home
Located in Jakarta Selatan, ID
Cherry Wine Carpet is a combination of Mustard Purple Blue and Gray into one Modern design with Irregular Shape
Original Designed by RAG Home Jakarta...
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Early 2000s Indonesian Modern Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Nice French modern needlepoint Tapestry « Toffoli »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
« La maternité » maternity
Discover the exquisite beauty of this authentic needlepoint tapestry, meticulously hand embroidered . this masterpiece features a captivating design by L...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool, Cotton, Silk
Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style médiéval design Jacquard Tapestry « deer chase »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
very beautiful Aubusson style tapestry, with a design of a medieval tapestry representing « deer chase» (poursuite du cerf), with Beautiful colours with green background, pink, yell...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool, Cotton
Antique Irish Donegal Carpet On A Solid Purple Background and Floral Border
Located in Atlanta, GA
Antique Donegal carpet from Ireland in solid Purple Background and Floral Border in a near square size. Keivan Woven Arts / Rug/ HAS-3327. Don...
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Early 20th Century Irish Arts and Crafts Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Bobyrug’s Nice mid century French Aubusson Tapestry by « Lartigaud »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the elegance of modern French tapestry with the exquisite "Caraïbes" design by Jean Michel Lartigaud. This limited edition masterpiece, woven in vibrant shades of orange, ye...
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Mid-20th Century French Modern Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool, Cotton, Silk
Antique European Rug in Black and Red with Floral Patterns by Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Hand-knotted in wool, an antique 8x11 European rug originating from Ireland circa 1920-1930 - inspired by Persian rugs of the same and preceding periods
On the Design:
The design e...
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1620s Northern Irish Antique Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Oversized Vintage Savonnerie Rug with Geometric Medallion Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Made with hand-knotted wool and originating in mid-century Spain, this 15x37 vintage Savonnerie rug is a rare masterpiece from Rug & Kilim’s European rug collection—an extremely collectible oversized rug, among the precious few curations today believed to hail from “The Real Fábrica de Tapices...
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1960s Spanish Vintage Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
1968 Swedish Rug by Stockholm Läns Hemslöjdsförening
Located in New York, NY
Stunning Vintage Swedish rug made in 1968 by Stockholm Läns Hemslöjdsförening. Made in vibrant purple, blue, orange and brown shades with new fringes. Made with tapestry technique th...
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1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Vintage Mid Century Modern Rya Scandinavian Area Rug
Located in Barrington, IL
Wonderful and colorful mid century modern Rya area rug in crimson, red, lavender, pink, and brown colors.
Dimensions: 36” x 63”
Date of Manufacture: 3rd Quarter of the 1900s
Place of Origin: Scandinavia
Material: wool
Condition: Wear consistent with age and use
The Persian Knot, SKU: 2214
Mid Century Rya Rugs, Rya Rugs, Danish Modern Rugs...
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Mid-20th Century Danish Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Pretty Vintage Aubusson Style Jacquard Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful vintage French Aubusson style tapestry with a nice design of the women and men of the town near the river inside the wood. and with beautiful colours, entirely woven with w...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool, Cotton
Time Flows - French Art Deco Rug, Circa 1940 - Wool Pile on Cotton - No. 1518
Located in Paris, FR
Time Flows - French Art Deco Rug, Circa 1940 - Wool Pile on Cotton - No. 1518
Period: 20th century
Style: Art Deco
Condition: Perfect condition
Material: Wool Pile on Cotton
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20th Century French Art Deco Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool, Cotton
Bobyrug’s pretty mid century Oushak style rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice vintage oushak style rug with a simple design and nice light colours, made in France by old mechanical looms, with wool.
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Mid-20th Century French Oushak Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Antique French Tapestry Verdure Noblemen Royalty Verdure 5x9 158cm x 272cm 1920
Located in New York, NY
Antique French Tapestry Verdure Noblemen Royalty Verdure 5x9 158cm x 272cm 1920
A magnificent antique French tapestry depicting a scene of noblemen amongst incredible, exotic verdur...
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1920s French Baroque Vintage Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Trendy Shiny Rug 70 V
Located in Milan, IT
Eclectic, bold and bright, the Trendy Shiny 70 V is the perfect solution if you are looking for a solid-colored rug with a big personality. It takes pride of place in the bedroom, li...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fabric Western European Rugs
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Textile
cc-tapis Feathers Round by Maarten De Ceulaer
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Hand knotted in the cc-tapis atelier in Kathmandu, Nepal. The rug is made with a cotton weave and a Himalayan wool and pure silk coming from the areas surrounding the atelier. 252.00...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Fabric Western European Rugs
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Cotton
Bobyrug’s Pretty mid century Brutalist Macrame tapestry town design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Introducing a Modern Design meets Neo Classic with a touch of Bohemian flair! Elevate your space with our exquisite macramé hangings. Crafted from natural materials like cotton rope ...
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Mid-20th Century Spanish Modern Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool, Cotton
Stunning Rare Original Vintage Missoni Rug In Pure Wool *FREE WORLDWIDE DELIVERY
By Missoni
Located in Portlaoise, IE
This stunning rare original rug dates from 1989 and has the Missoni signature and date woven into the corner. In pure wool and full of colour and geometric patterns it is certain to ...
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1980s Italian Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Oversized Antique Aubusson Rug in Beige with Floral Medallion
Located in Long Island City, NY
This 11x13 antique Aubusson rug is an exciting new addition to our European rug collection—a masterpiece of the French Neoclassical flatweave style, handwoven in wool and believed to...
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1860s French Aubusson Antique Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Mid-20th Century Handmade Persian Mashad Small Room Size Carpet
Located in New York, NY
A vintage Persian Mashad small room size carpet handmade during the mid-20th century.
Measures: 8' 0" x 10' 0".
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Mid-20th Century Persian Neoclassical Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Antique Lumbar Pillow Case Made from an 18th-19th Century, European Embroidery
Located in Istanbul, TR
It does not come with an insert but a bag made to size to accommodate insert materials.
Linen in the back.
Zipper closure.
Dry cleaning is recommended.
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Early 19th Century Italian Suzani Antique Fabric Western European Rugs
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Silk
'Mis-Shapes' Contemporary Irregular Abstract Shape Hand Tufted Rug by Rag Home
By RAG home
Located in Jakarta Selatan, ID
'Mis-Shapes'
Contemporary irregular abstract shape hand-tufted Viscose wool rug.
A combination of neatness and abstraction. A fluid patterns and shades of primary colors from vibra...
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2010s Indonesian Modern Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Mid-century Modern Rug Minimal Geometric Pattern Pink Blush, Red Brown
Located in Porto, PT
Mid-century Modern Rug Minimal Geometric Pattern Pink Blush, Red Brown
The Sandal Rug evokes the serene beauty of a warm sunset, where deep pink hues dance across the quiet desert landscape. Imagine a fresh breeze carrying the earthy scent of sandalwood—sweet and spicy, yet profoundly grounding. This modern blush rug...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Fabric Western European Rugs
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Synthetic, Natural Fiber
Circular Metamorphosis Wool and Art Silk Rug FB Collection
Located in Milan, IT
A wavy and earth-toned pattern in opposite sections of this wool and artificial silk rug add a touch of color and elegance. A designer logo and cotton backing complete this beige rug...
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2010s Italian Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool, Silk
Rug & Kilim’s Sheepskin Single-Pelt Fur Rug in Dusk Pink
By Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
This handmade 3x4 contemporary sheepskin fur rug represents an exciting new collection from Rug & Kilim—a unique series of high-pile pieces that can be custom made in any size.
On the Design:
This shaggy rug flourishes in dusty, light pink hues, with a lush, cozy high pile throughout the whole piece, as admiring to the touch as the color is to the eye. Admirers of the craft will note the irregular shape inherent to this piece, and its playful look that offers vast design applications welcoming unshaped rugs...
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2010s Icelandic Modern Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
cc-tapis Hello Sonia! Rhapsody 3 in Dark Blue by Studiopepe
By cc-tapis, Studiopepe
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Geometric elements, evoking the avant-garde textiles of the early 1900s, a theme which runs through the whole Hello Sonia Family, are now arranged harmoniously in a musical score...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Modern Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool, Silk
Early 20th Century Handmade French Needlepoint Large Oversize Carpet, circa 1920
Located in New York, NY
An antique French needlepoint large oversized carpet handmade during the early 20th century. Spaced small stars fill the burgundy field while scrolli...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Customizable ClassiCon Castellar Rug by Eileen Gray
By Eileen Gray
Located in New York, NY
Eileen Gray created not only some of the most important furniture classics of the 20th century but also had her own studio where rugs were produced according to her designs. Some of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary German Modern Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Mid 20th Century Swedish Rya Carpet ( 8' x 11'6" - 245 x 350 cm )
Located in New York, NY
Mid 20th Century Swedish Rya Carpet ( 8' x 11'6" - 245 x 350 cm )
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1960s Swedish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Traditional Carpet Floral Aubusson Rug Handwoven Wool Needlepoint Rug Home Decor
Located in Wembley, GB
This fantastic area rug has been handwoven with a beautiful asymmetrical floral design woven on an ivory blue background with cream green and ivory accents. This elegant piece's colo...
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1990s British Aubusson Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool, Cotton, Organic Material
Swans Ducks 18th Century Aubusson French Tapestry Panel
Located in New York, NY
Late 18th century Aubusson tapestry panel made in France. Measures: Height 9 feet 4 inches, width 7 feet 11 inches.
Swans and ducks swimming in a lake...
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Late 18th Century French French Provincial Antique Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Missoni carpet for T&J Vestor
By Missoni
Located in Milano, IT
Large wool carpet featuring designs by the renowned fashion house Missoni, founded by Ottavio Missoni, for T&J Vestor, a company specializing in manufacturing for prominent fashion b...
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1980s Italian Vintage Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Vintage French Aubusson Chinese Needlepoint Carpet, 09'11 x 13'09
Located in Dallas, TX
77205 Vintage French Aubusson Floral Trellis Needlepoint Chinese Rug with Chintz Style. Drawing inspiration from Mario Buatta and Chintz style, thi...
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Late 20th Century Chinese Aubusson Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Murano Swirl Round White Rug
Located in Milan, IT
The invisible ridges traced by whirlwinds are actualized in this stunning round rug, a one-off piece deftly tufted by hand combining wool and cotton. Its characteristic raised textur...
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21st Century and Contemporary Italian Modern Fabric Western European Rugs
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Textile
Very Large Swedish Flat-Weave Rölakan Carpet by Anne Marie Boberg, 1960´s
Located in Stockholm, SE
A large flat-weave rölakan carpet / kelim rug named "PRISMA" and designed by Anne Marie Boberg, Sweden. Handwoven with a geometric pattern where the colors are different shades of bl...
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1960s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fabric Western European Rugs
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Linen, Wool
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). The royal administration paid 1600 livres for it on 21 June 1738 and it was exhibited at the Salon in the year of its creation.
Summary Biography
1679 (27 January): Baptism in Paris (Parish of St. Nicolas du Chardonnet) of Jean-François de Troy, son of the painter François de Troy and Jeanne Cotelle, sister of the painter Jean II Cotelle.
1696-1698: Studies (apparently rather turbulent) at the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture.
1698-1708: First trip to Italy. Is obliged to leave Rome in January 1711 after a tempestuous affair (a duel?), de Troy extends the traditional Roman experience as a pensionnaire at the Académie de France by also visiting Tuscany where he stays for a long time, Venice (his art in face has a strongly Venetian character) and Genoa.
1708: De Troy (whose father had been elected Director of the Académie royale de peinture et de sculpture on 7 July) is agréé and immediately received at the Académie with Apollo and Diana Piercing with their Arrows the Children of Niobe (Montpellier, Musée Fabre) on 28 July.
1710: First royal commission, paid for on 10 May (a sketch representing “the Promotion of the Order of the Holy Spirit” for the tapestry series of the History of the King).
1716: Jean-François de Troy is elected Assistant Professor at the Academy.
1720: He is appointed Professor.
1723: The artist creates the double portrait of Louis XV...
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Early 18th Century French Baroque Antique Fabric Western European Rugs
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Silk, Wool
Late 19th Century Antique Green Indian Agra Tree of Life Carpet, 18'07 x 30'07
Located in Dallas, TX
72173 Late 19th Century Antique Green Indian Agra Rug, 18'07 x 30'07. Steeped in history and woven with the artistry of a bygone era, this rare Late 19th Century antique Indian Agra ...
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Late 19th Century British Indian Ocean Territory Agra Antique Fabric Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Red Crystal Rug by Gandia Blasco
Located in Geneve, CH
Red Crystal Rug by Gandia Blasco
Design by MUT Design
Dimensions: W 190 x H 260 cm.
Materials: 100% wool.
Weight: 14.8 kg
Passion for life outdoors, a dream come true on the edge o...
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2010s Spanish Post-Modern Fabric Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Bobyrug’s Antique European 17th Century Embroidery Fragment
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful and rare antique embroidery probably french, from the 17th century, with floral design and nice natural colors, embroidered with wool,
Sizes including the frame : 45...
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17th Century European Aubusson Antique Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Late 1960s German Woven Pure Wool Flower Rug Wolf Bauer with Artist Signature
By Wolf Bauer
Located in Firenze, FI
This circular vintage carpet in the shape of a flower was loom-woven with pure wool. The beauty of this decorative element lies in the very particular shape and in the different shad...
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1960s German Post-Modern Vintage Fabric Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Modern Handwoven Jute Carpet Rug Kilim in Ivory Black Orange Pink Scrabble
By Kilombo Home
Located in Madrid, ES
This jute rug has been ethically hand woven in the finest jute yarns by artisans in India, using a traditional weaving technique of this area.
As its handwoven in natural fibre yarns...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Fabric Western European Rugs
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Jute
Original Abstract Scandinavian High Pile Abstract Rya Rug Carpet, Sweden, 1960s
By Verner Panton, Ege Rya
Located in Kirchlengern, DE
Article:
High pile Rya rug
Decade:
1960s
Origin:
Scandinavia, Sweden
Material:
100% wool
This rug is a great example of 1960s pop art interior. Made...
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Mid-Century Modern Fabric Western European Rugs
Materials
Cotton
Danish RYA wool rug by Hojer Eksport Wilton 1970s
Located in Firenze, FI
Danish carpet produced by Hojer Eksport Wilton in the 1970s, with various warm tones of orange. Vintage made with a high-quality Danish RYA weaving technique, in pure wool.
Design...
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1970s Danish Vintage Fabric Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Gunta Stölzl, Gunta Stolzl, '447'
Located in London, GB
Hand-woven flatweave wool rug
H250 x W360cm
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20th Century Fabric Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
cc-tapis Chateau Wiggle Stripe Rug by Luke Edward Hall
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Pure wool jacquard rug with design inspired by 1920s illustrations of jewellery discovered by Luke in a museum's collection. "Our four Chateau Orlando rug designs for cc-tapis are no...
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21st Century and Contemporary Nepalese Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Pretty Vintage French screen printed Tapestry by hand. « hunting meeting »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the elegance of this mid-century French screen printed tapestry by hand featuring the exquisite design of the renowned medieval tapestry, "Rendez vous de chasse » ( hunting...
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Mid-20th Century French Medieval Fabric Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Modern Organic Wool Black Rug Rectangular Beige Abstract Patterns
Located in Porto, PT
Modern Organic Wool Black Rug Rectangular Beige Abstract Patterns
Solaris Rug is a modern black rug that captures the sun’s radiant energy through bold, abstract patterns. A play of ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Portuguese Organic Modern Fabric Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
17th century Antique Aubusson/Gobelin tapestry, France Architectural land, silk
Located in Berlin, DE
17th century Antique Aubusson/Gobelin tapestry, France Architectural landscape, silk
Antique Museal Aubosson tapestry made of silk and partly wool. Very fine and antique design. Dep...
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17th Century French Baroque Antique Fabric Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool, Silk
Residue Bone White Wool Rug
Located in Stockholm, SE
Residue Bone White Rug is a unique, big rug with one organic stripe that makes a difference in the height. With its structured wool and the high and low cut, Residue can be an art pi...
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2010s Indian Fabric Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Oversized Antique Aubusson Flatweave Rug with Floral Medallion, from Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Handwoven in wool circa 1890-1900, this 12x17 antique Aubusson flatweave is a rare oversized rug among French tapestry weaves. Its design features borders with vine scrolls and carto...
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1890s French Aubusson Antique Fabric Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Antique Swedish Rollakan Tapestry with Pictorials & Medallions, from Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Handwoven in wool circa 1880-1890, this 2x4 antique Swedish tapestry flatweave is from Rug & Kilim’s new collection of classic Scandinavian ta...
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1880s Swedish Antique Fabric Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Celadon Green French Art Deco Minimalist Rug
Located in Milan, IT
An elegant French Art Deco carpet characterized by an unusual celadon green background, interrupted at about three quarters of its length by an horizontal motif in chocolate brown. T...
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1930s French Art Deco Vintage Fabric Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Nice Vintage Aubusson Style Jaquar Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful Aubusson style tapestry with nice design with a gallant scene and nice colors, mechanical Jaquar manufacturing with wool and cotton.
Size: 100 x 140 cm.
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Fabric Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
1960 Vintage Art Nouveau Tapestry Abstract Fish Handwoven 2x4
Located in New York, NY
1960 Vintage Art Nouveau Tapestry Abstract Fish Handwoven 2x4
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1950s French Baroque Vintage Fabric Western European Rugs
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Wool
Modern Handwoven Jute Carpet Rug Ivory
By Kilombo Home
Located in Madrid, ES
This jute rug has been ethically hand woven in the finest jute yarns by artisans in Northern India, using a traditional weaving technique of this area.
Each rug is handwoven with irr...
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21st Century and Contemporary Indian Modern Fabric Western European Rugs
Materials
Jute
Zabihi Collection late 19th Century Green Sultanabad Rug
Located in New York, NY
A phenomenal Persian Mahal/Sultanabad Carpet woven by the Swiss firm, Ziegler & Co. What makes this rug outstanding is that its Predominantly green,
8'2'' x 10'
In the late 1800s...
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Late 19th Century Persian Sultanabad Antique Fabric Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool
Rug & Kilim's Austrian Art Deco Style Rug Modern Green Wool and Silk Custom
By Rug & Kilim
Located in Long Island City, NY
Drawing inspiration from celebrated Austrian Deco rug patterns, this custom modern rug joins the European Collection, a design affectionately dubbed “Portico” for the architectural i...
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1980s Turkish Art Deco Vintage Fabric Western European Rugs
Materials
Wool, Silk
Pretty antique tapestry cardboard hand painted panel
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Pretty 19th century French tapestry cardboard with a nice design of swing game featuring a young man standing pushing a young girl sitting on the swing. At a setting in the woods, be...
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Late 19th Century French Romantic Antique Fabric Western European Rugs
Materials
Cotton, Linen