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Material: Fabric
26x35 in 100% Silk Wall Hanging. Hand Embroidered Tablecloth. Modern Throw
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Celebrate the rich heritage of Asian craftsmanship with this exquisite 100% silk Suzani textile, meticulously hand-embroidered by skilled artisans. A true work of art, this piece emb...
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2010s Central Asian Suzani Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Vintage Tapestry Depicting a Cello 6.0X5.5
Located in Los Angeles, US
A wall hanging tapestry, simply put, is a textile specifically designed and woven to portray an artistic scene with the intent of hanging it on a wall. Antique tapestries, those that...
Category
Early 2000s Unknown Empire Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Leena Kaisa Halme 1960s Monumental Scandinavian Tapestry
By Leena-Kaisa Halme
Located in Saint Paul, MN
This monumental wall hanging by Leena Kaisa Halme is hand-knotted with deep shades of red, orange, and black to make folk-art patterns.
Pictured with a Cassina LC2 (sold separately).
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Mid-20th Century Scandinavian Modern Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Antique French Aubusson Landscape Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
This is a lovely antique early 20th century French Aubusson landscape tapestry depicting a young man and animals in a lush landscape.
It is a cla...
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Early 20th Century French Aubusson Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
Pretty vintage French Aubusson style hand printed tapestry, medieval design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Experience the timeless elegance of this exquisite French Aubusson style tapestry, capturing the essence of an 15th century tapestry with a design titled « bord de L’eau » (water's...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Memories of a Panorama 04 Wall Hanging
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Original artwork from Kiki van Eijk.
These tapestries are reminiscent of Dutch landscapes in which the center of each piece is a tree, woven from gold thread. Each panorama aims to ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Handwoven, Plant-dyed Framed Fine Tapestry Artwork - Yellows Colour Study
By Pamela Print
Located in Chelmsford, GB
This tactile piece of hand-woven textile art is one of a collection of one-off plant-dyed pieces designed and produced by British Weaver Pamela Print.
This piece is dyed by hand usi...
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2010s British Bauhaus Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Vintage Turkish Konya Rug
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Beautiful late 20th century Turkish Konya rug, wool velvet on wool foundation.
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Late 20th Century Turkish Kazak Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Vintage Afghan Ersari Turkmen Torba Wall Hanging, Nomadic Tribal Style Tapestry
Located in Dallas, TX
76637 Vintage Afghan Ersari Turkmen Torba, wall hanging, tapestry. This hand knotted wool antique Afghan Turkmen Turkoman Torba storage bag features an ...
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Mid-20th Century Afghan Tribal Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Antique 17th Century Brussels Mythological Boar's Head Tapestry, by Jan Leyniers
By Jan Leyniers, Charles Le Brun
Located in New York, NY
An antique 17th century Brussels mythological tapestry, size 11'6 H x 10'8 W, from the workshop of the renowned weaver, Jan Leyniers, after cartoons by Charles Le Brun...
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17th Century Belgian Antique Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Hand made appliquéd geometric wall hanging art tapestry by G+S x 2LG Studio Pink
Located in London, London
Name Granite + Smoke x 2LGStudio Salvage wall hanging 03. 1/1
Dimensions 200cm x 152cm Colour Orange, pinks, lilac, creams
Material Handmade and appliquéd by Granite + Smoke i...
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2010s British Organic Modern Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Cotton, Linen, Organic Material
Textured macrame wall hanging, Spain, 1970s
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Superb macramé wall tapestry made in Spain in the 1970s. Large format. Handmade tapestry composed of different textures and materials creating unique patterns and reliefs. All the ro...
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1970s Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Mid-Century Modern Tapestry by Jean Picart le Doux, 'Hommage a Paul Eluard'
Located in London, GB
This is a stunning tapestry by the well-known tapestry maker Jean Picart le Doux. It is signed on the bottom right hand side. The tapestry is named 'Homage a Paul Eluard...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Antique 17th Century Flemish Mythological Tapestry Mercury Janus Sabine Women
Located in New York, NY
A museum quality piece, this is an exquisite example of a 17th century antique Flemish mythological tapestry depicting Mercury, Janus, and the Sabine Women...
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17th Century Belgian Renaissance Antique Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry, Wool
Wonderful large modern French Aubusson tapestry by « Thérèse Le Guen »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Discover the timeless elegance of the "Pluie d’étoiles" (star rain) titled limited edition wall tapestry from Manufacture Robert Four in Aubusson, France. This exquisite piece, signe...
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Mid-20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Cotton
A Large Modernist Abstract Tapestry by Mathieu Mategot
Located in Atlanta, GA
A modernist wool woven tapestry designed by French artist and designer Mathieu Mategot (1910-2001) circa 1960s. The piece is signed with Matégot and monogrammed TMP fino (Manufactur...
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1960s Portuguese Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Canvas, Wool
Tapestry by Olle Nyman, Sweden 1960s
By Olle Nyman
Located in Stockholm, SE
Tapestry by Olle Nyman, Sweden
1960s
H: 232 cm / 7' 7 3/8"
L: 127.5 cm / 4' 2 3/16"
Category
1960s Swedish Vintage Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Tapestry
Prairie Schooler Father Christmas Cross Stitch Wall Hanging
Located in Bradenton, FL
A hanging cross stitch Santa wall decoration on burlap. A primitive Santa is holding a branch, with a teddy in his pocket. The design, published by The Prairie Schooler in 1993, in t...
Category
1990s American Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Burlap
Antique French Tapestry 1920 Handmade 6x8 Wool foundation 1920
Located in New York, NY
Antique French Tapestry 1920 Handmade Fountain 6x8 Wool Foundation 1920
6'2" x 7'5" 188cm x 226cm
A magnificent antique French tapestry depicting a scene of people among a founta...
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1920s French Baroque Vintage Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Handwoven, Plant-dyed Framed Fine Tapestry Artwork - Greens Colour Study
By Pamela Print
Located in Chelmsford, GB
This tactile piece of hand-woven textile art is one of a collection of one-off plant-dyed pieces designed and produced by British Weaver Pamela Print.
This piece is dyed by hand using natural and repurposed yarns and techniques such as Ikat and dip-dyeing using the natural dyes weld & fustic and over-dyed with indigo to achieve the shades of green.
Handwoven on a dobby loom in Pamela's studio using a complex double cloth weaving technique and a combination of weave structures, including a 3D honeycomb, this unique framed artwork draws inspiration from the ethos and aesthetic of Indian Kantha & Japanese Boro textiles.
One of a kind. Two similar designs - ‘Yellows Colour Study...
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2010s British Bauhaus Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
17th Century Aubusson Tapestry Portrait
Located in Canterbury, GB
An Exceptional Antique French Aubusson Portrait Tapestry
French and dating from circa 1700
This is an original portrait tapestry not a section cut down from a larger hanging
Hand wo...
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17th Century French Aubusson Antique Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Colorful Abstract Mid-Century Woven Tapestry 50” x 74”, Signed
Located in Chicago, IL
Large hand woven mid century abstract wall hanging tapestry, 50”h x 74”w x .5”d. Abstract subject matter; depictions of figures and creatures or animals. Light blue, brown, tan and y...
Category
1970s American Vintage Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Antique Embroidered Nomadic Herder’s Vest, Tibet
Located in Point Richmond, CA
Antique Embroidered Nomadic Herder’s Vest, Tibet
A rare example of a herder’s vest from west Tibet. Composed of thick natural brown Tibetan sheep’s wool, heavily embroidered with na...
Category
Early 20th Century Tibetan Tribal Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
17th Century Antique Brussels Tapestry 2'8" X 1'11'
Located in Los Angeles, US
A wall hanging tapestry, simply put, is a textile specifically designed and woven to portray an artistic scene with the intent of hanging it on a wall. Antique tapestries, those that...
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17th Century Unknown Other Antique Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Vintage Embroidered Wall Display Panel, Chinese, Silk Cotton, Art Deco, C.1930
Located in Hele, Devon, GB
This is a striking vintage Art Deco period embroidered panel, showcasing exquisite Chinese craftsmanship, circa 1930. This decorative silk cotton wall piece offers delicate detailing...
Category
1930s Chinese Chinese Export Vintage Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Cotton, Glass
20x71 in Embroidered Table Runner. Cotton Wall Hanging. Light Blue Wall Decor
Located in Spring Valley, NY
Hand-Embroidered 100% Cotton New Suzani Fabric Wall Hanging – Timeless Textile Art
Experience the beauty of Central Asia craftsmanship with this exquisite hand-embroidered 100% cotto...
Category
2010s Central Asian Suzani Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
Aubusson - Vintage Silk & Wool Floral Tapestry - Signed - France - 20th Century
Located in Chatham, ON
Aubusson - Vintage silk and wool floral tapestry - mounted to the original stretcher along the edges - unframed - signed lower right - France - early/mid 20th century.
Good vintag...
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Early 20th Century French Art Deco Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Pretty Mid Century French Aubusson style Jacquard Tapestry.
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Elevate your space with this exquisite Aubusson-style tapestry featuring a romantic depiction of a loving couple in the countryside, nestled under a tree. Sheep graze nearby, and a g...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Cotton
17th Century Monumental Tapestry/Gobelin Audience with the King in Antiquity
Located in Berlin, DE
17th Century Monumental Tapestry/Gobelin Audience with the King in Antiquity
Extremely beautiful antique Gobelein tapestry, France probably arou...
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17th Century French Antique Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Bobyrug’s Pretty antique French Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very pretty mid century french Aubusson tapestry with beautiful design of a flowerpot with nice colours in a black background.
Entirely handwoven with wool and silk on cotton foundat...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Antique Chinese Pictorial Tapestry with Traditional Crane Design
Located in Dallas, TX
77548, antique Chinese pictorial tapestry with traditional crane design. This hand knotted wool antique Chinese pictorial tapestry features a large red-crowned crane design set against an abrashed neutral field. The crane is depicted standing on one leg with its wings outstretched while perched atop a cliff alongside several bamboo plants. The crane is one of the most widely used symbols throughout Chinese art and literature and figures heavily in Chinese mythology. The creature is thought to represent longevity, immortality, nobility, and fidelity. It is often represented alongside bamboo, as it is in this piece, another symbol of longevity. The warm sepia backdrop recalls ancient Chinese scrolls...
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Early 20th Century Chinese Ming Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Textured macrame wall hanging, Spain, 1970s
Located in BARCELONA, ES
Superb macramé wall tapestry made in Spain in the 1970s. Large format. Handmade tapestry composed of different textures and materials creating unique patterns and reliefs. All the ro...
Category
1970s Spanish Hollywood Regency Vintage Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Flemish Tapestry 18th - The Swiss Guard, Pastoral Passage of the Pope - N° 1483
Located in Paris, FR
18th Century Flanders Tapestry - The Swiss Guard, Pastoral Passage of the Pope - No. 1483
Period: 18th century
Condition: Perfect condition
Material: Wool & silk
Width: 275 cm
Height...
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18th Century French French Provincial Antique Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
16th Century Antique Flemish Tapestry. 10 ft 8 inx 11 ft 3in
Located in New York, NY
16th Century Antique Flemish Silk And Wool Biblical Scene Tapestry, Country Of Origin: Belgium, Circa Date: 16th Century. Size: 10 ft 8 in x 11 ft 3 in (3.25 m x 3.43 m)
Category
16th Century Belgian Renaissance Antique Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool, 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). 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 Tapestries
Materials
Silk, Wool
17th Century Biblical Brussels Tapestry 7'4" X 5'5"
Located in Los Angeles, US
A wall hanging tapestry, simply put, is a textile specifically designed and woven to portray an artistic scene with the intent of hanging it on a wall. Antique tapestries, those that...
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17th Century Unknown Other Antique Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Cotton
“Heliotrope” Tapestry Signed by Hervé Lelong
By Hervé Lelong
Located in Beirut, LB
Tapestry in “pure laine vierge” signed by Hervé Lelong
Entitled “Heliotrope”
Depicting a colorful flowers scene in the style of J.Lurcat
Hand woven wool
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1960s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Wall Tapestry in the style of Joan Miro
Located in L’ISLE-SUR-LA-SORGUE, FR
Tapisserie murale artistique tridimensionnelle en très bon état.
Art abstrait avec les formes et les couleurs bien caractéristiques de Joan Miro.
Pièce unique
Espagne, ca. 1970
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1960s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Vintage Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
1970's Reichel Skansen Wall Tapestry
By Reichel
Located in Bern, CH
Beautiful 1970's Reichel Skansen Wall Tapestry with abstract design. Nice example of a Mid Century wall decoration / rug. Yellow, ochre, rust, brown & mustard colourways.
Measurement...
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Mid-20th Century German Mid-Century Modern Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Wood
Vintage Hamadan Persian Rug with Dervish Pictorial, Figurative Tapestry Wall Art
Located in Dallas, TX
75975, vintage Hamadan Persian rug with Dervish Pictorial, figurative tapestry wall art. This hand knotted wool vintage Persian Pictorial rug features a bright and lively garden scene of a Dervish with his master wearing traditional Persian garb and a Sufi CAP. Blossoming trees and doves, birds of peace...
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Late 20th Century Persian Islamic Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Wonderful early 20th century French Aubusson Tapestry medieval tapestry design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very beautiful antique Aubusson tapestry with a nice design featuring a medieval and gothic design featuring a garden with animals, with beautiful colours, with blue, green , brown, ...
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Early 20th Century French Aubusson Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Silk
Vintage Tapestry Depicting Exotic Animals 5 X 3
Located in Los Angeles, US
A wall hanging tapestry, simply put, is a textile specifically designed and woven to portray an artistic scene with the intent of hanging it on a wall. Antique tapestries, those that...
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Early 2000s Unknown Empire Fabric Tapestries
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Wool, Cotton
807 - Tapestry of the 20th Century
Located in Paris, FR
Tapestry of the 20th century in perfect condition of conservation.
Negotiable price and free delivery.
Dimension: 92 x 92 cm.
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1970s French Art Deco Vintage Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
North American Woven Geometric Textile Mounted Panel
Located in Rio Vista, CA
Interesting North American woven rug textile mounted on a wooden display panel. Features a colorful geometric pattern and is signed or initiated on bottom R.P. Lovely colors of salmo...
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20th Century American Modern Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wood, Wool
Frank Lloyd Wright Schumacher Sheer Textile Panel Curtain, Drape, Tapestry, 1955
Located in Brooklyn, NY
Frank Lloyd Wright Schumacher Sheer textile panel, curtain or drapery. Extremely rare panel, large scale.
Dana House fabric panel, #14730 (1955 / 1986)
Measures: 4' 10" W x 7' 11" L.
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Mid-20th Century American Mission Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Textile
Large Wall Tapestry by Maria Hillfon, Sweden Scandinavian Modern
Located in Stockholm, SE
Beautiful flat-weave tapestry by Swedish artist Maria Hillfon, handwoven with wool on linen. Orange, green, purple and black. Maria Hillfon has embodied the horizon for over forty ye...
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1970s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Linen, Pine
Victor Vasarely, Hand Signed Original Tapestry
Located in Geneve, CH
Victor Vasarely (1906-1997).
Panderlak,
circa 1983
Measures: 120 x 72 cm
Hand signed and numbered on the back, edition of 320.
Victor Vasarely, whose original name was Gyözö ...
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1980s French Modern Vintage Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Georgian Embroidered Panel, circa 1780
Located in Basildon, GB
Georgian Embroidered Panel, circa 1780. Finely worked in coloured silks and depicting a vase with flowers, all of which were symbols of trust during...
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Late 18th Century British Georgian Antique Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Silk
Bobyrug’s Wonderful vintage Egyptian Tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Nice mid century Egyptian tapestry (in style of Egyptian Ramsès Wissa Wassef School Tapestries), with beautiful design of mosque in the city and beau...
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Mid-20th Century Egyptian Tribal Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Cotton
Large Tapestry Style Velvet Picture in Large Wooden Frame
Located in Bishop's Stortford, GB
This Beautiful Large Tapestry Style Velvet Picture, depiciting an Elizabethan Courlty Scene. Possibly originating from Belgium this wonderful Piece sits in Large Wooden Dark Oak Fram...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Elizabethan Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Velvet, Mahogany, Giltwood
Antique Persian Rashti ‘Rascht’ Embroidery, 19th Century
Located in New York, NY
Hand-embroidered Chain stitched persian textile made in the middle of the 20th century. Silk elements found in the design with glowing vibrant colors executed by the weaver. Measures...
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Mid-19th Century Uzbek Victorian Antique Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Cotton, Silk
Extra-Large Antique Indian Kashmir Textile, ca. 1900
Located in Ferrara, IT
This is an extra-large antique Indian Kashmir textile woven during the end of the 19th-century circle 1900 and measures 310 x 162 cm in size. This pie...
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19th Century Indian Other Antique Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Cotton
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 Tapestries
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Wool
17th century Aubusson tapestry - the rest after the harvest - N° 1331
Located in Paris, FR
Piece of collectionTapestry 17th century Aubusson - the rest after the harvest
Close to the Eiffel Tower, We are a family business specialized in the purchase, sale and expertise of
tapestries, carpets, kilims and textiles old, modern and contemporary.
We work for private clients, amateurs, antique dealers...
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1680s French Aubusson Antique Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Memories of a Panorama 03 Wall Hanging
Located in Eindhoven, NL
Original artwork from Kiki van Eijk.
These tapestries are reminiscent of Dutch landscapes in which the center of each piece is a tree, woven from gold thread. Each panorama aims to ...
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21st Century and Contemporary Dutch Modern Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Bobyrug’s pretty vintage French Aubusson style Jacquard tapestry
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Experience the timeless elegance of this exquisite French Aubusson style tapestry, capturing the essence of a musical celebration amidst the countryside. Woven on a Jacquard loom wi...
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Late 20th Century French Aubusson Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool, Cotton
French Tapestry, Genuine Jacquard in Medieval Style - H160xW142 cm - No. 1440
Located in Paris, FR
Located a stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, we are a French family business
specializing in the purchase, sale, expertise, cleaning, restoration and conservation of
tapes...
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19th Century French Medieval Antique Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool
Bobyrug’s Pretty Mid Century French Aubusson Tapestry medieval design
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Very pretty mid century french Aubusson tapestry with beautiful design from the painter Georges Deveche ( 1903-1974), showing a scene of a museum medieval tapestry with beautiful col...
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Mid-20th Century French Medieval Fabric Tapestries
Materials
Wool