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Mid-Century Abstract Brazil Textile Art Tapestry by Kennedy Bahia, circa 1960's
Located in Las Vegas, NV
Rare textile art tapestry by Brazilian artist Kennedy Bahia. This piece had remained rolled up for over 50 years prior to pictures being taken for this listing. It is flawless with b...
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Mid-20th Century Brazilian Mid-Century Modern Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Huge early 1700's Verdure Aubusson Tapestry
Located in LYON, FR
French Aubusson woven tapestry from the early 1700's depicting a lizard standing in luscious vegetation. Created in Aubusson, located in central France. Interestingly this vertical w...
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1720s French Aubusson Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

French vintage Petit Point geometric Wall Tapestry, needlepoint, circa 1950s
Located in London, Fitzrovia
Original French handmade petit point / needlepoint wall tapestry or wool embroidery, circa 1950s stretched on a modern wooden frame. colourful geometri...
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20th Century French Mid-Century Modern Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Wood

European Tapestry from 19th Century, France Depicting Abundant Woodland Scene
Located in Atlanta, GA
This engaging antique European Tapestry from 1880s France depicts a traditional woodland landscape. The entire scene is set within an abundant woodland setting of trees, bushes and v...
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1880s French Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Janet Taylor Monumental Landscape Tapestry
Located in Phoenix, AZ
Remarkable over 12’ handwoven tapestry by American artist Janet Taylor depicting red canyon mountain ranges with a distant light yellow sunset along the h...
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1980s American Modern Vintage Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Late 17th C. Franco-Flemish Biblical Tapestry Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau
Located in New York, NY
This is a gorgeous antique Late 17th Century Franco-Flemish Biblical Tapestry depicting the Reconciliation of Jacob and Esau. The tapestry illustrates the Old Testament story of Jaco...
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Late 17th Century Belgian Baroque Antique Wool Tapestries

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Tapestry, Wool, Silk

1950's Persian Shiraz Pictorial Carpet with Traditional Style
Located in Dallas, TX
79097 Vintage Persian Shiraz Pictorial Rug, 03'10 x 06'04. This extraordinary hand-knotted wool vintage Persian Shiraz rug presents a captivating pictorial narrative, vividly depicti...
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Mid-20th Century Persian Aesthetic Movement Wool Tapestries

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Wool

French Aubusson Tapestry 19th century, Monogramed J. Berton - 177lx80h - N 1484
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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1850s French Aubusson Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Fuchsia tapestry by Nanda Vigo for Flou
Located in Ravenna, IT
Wall tapestry designed by Nanda Vigo for Flou in 1992. The tapestry is made of hand-knotted wool and depicts architecture. The designer's signature is on the left side. The tapestry ...
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1990s Italian Neoclassical Revival Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Antique 17th Century Green Flemish Verdure Landscape Tapestry with Birds
Located in New York, NY
This is a gorgeous full color antique 17th century Flemish Verdure landscape tapestry depicting a beautiful and rich summer scene of a countryside with lush trees and vegetation, and...
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17th Century Belgian Baroque Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool

17th Century Brussels Silk and Wool Tapestry Depicting a Roman Scene
Located in Dallas, TX
Hand-woven in the 1600s in Brussels, Belgium, this silk and wool tapestry depicts a citizen paying homage to a Roman general. During the 17th century, Brussels tapestries were highly...
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17th Century Belgian Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Linen, Silk

Textile Poster, Contemporary Handwoven Tapestry by Andrew Boos
Located in Brooklyn, NY
This wall hanging is a one of a kind heirloom piece, inspired byFrank Lloyd Wright and the Prairie School architects, and Joseph Albers studies on colors. The entire process of cre...
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21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

Very large 1700's Aubusson Verdure Tapestry
Located in LYON, FR
Very large Aubusson Tapersty Circa 1720's. ‘Verdure’ (foliage) tapestries were woven throughout the 17th and 18th Centuries, featuring wooded landscapes, reflecting the interest in b...
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1720s French Aubusson Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Bruxella In Brabanti, Tapestry Atelier G. Chaudoir - Sun, Marce Truyens - N 1528
Located in Paris, FR
Bruxella In Brabanti, important Tapestry from Atelier Georges Chaudoir - Sun, Marce Truyens - N° 1528 Artist: Soleil by Marce Truyens Era: 20th century Style: 1950s-1960s design Con...
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20th Century French Modern Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Pretty vintage French Aubusson style Jacquard Tapestry « Hunting with hounds »
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
"Discover the timeless elegance of this exquisite vintage French tapestry featuring a hunting with hounds scene. A noble pastime and a favorite pastime of the great men of the time,...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton, Acrylic

Antique Berlin Wool-work Needlepoint Sampler
Located in Bridgeport, CT
An antique needlepoint sampler depicting samples of lace patterns, florals, bird and geometric motifs. Presented in a metallic gold frame ...
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19th Century Country Antique Wool Tapestries

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Fabric, Wool

Modernist Hand-Woven Artist Signed Wool Tapestry (Peru)
Located in Round Top, TX
Hand-woven wool, artist-signed Peruvian tapestry. Beautiful colors, texture and geometric patterns. Signed lower left "C.F." New wood clips added for ea...
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Mid-20th Century Peruvian Mid-Century Modern Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Wood

Belgian Figural Tapestry
Located in Antwerp, BE
Finely worked in colored woolens and depicting hunters and two lovers, signed: 'J.V.D.VELDE' Date; c. 1950-70's A charming tapestry in very good condition and representative o...
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Mid-20th Century Belgian Mid-Century Modern Wool Tapestries

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Wool

“Heliotrope” Tapestry Signed 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 Wool Tapestries

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Wool

1970's Reichel Skansen Wall Tapestry
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 Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Wood

17th Century French Baroque Tapestry
Located in Allerum, SE
17th century French Baroque wool and silk tapestry. Work of Felletin, ca 1690 France.
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17th Century French Baroque Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Impressive Scale Mid-17th Century Flemish Tapestry Depicting Alexander The Great
Located in Dubai, AE
Spectacular large scale mid-17th Century Flemish tapestry created after the 1630s design by Jacob Jordaens (d. 1678). Several tapestries of identical design were produced based on dr...
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17th Century Belgian Baroque Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Antique 17th Century Flemish Tapestry 7'11" X 5'9"
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 Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

Spring Levee, Jean-Michel Lartigaud - French modern Aubusson Tapestry - No. 1513
Located in Paris, FR
This magnificent modern tapestry from the Aubusson Manufacture, having benefited from a deep cleaning and a careful verification and doubled by experts in our artisanal Workshop. It ...
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20th Century French Modern Wool Tapestries

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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 Wool Tapestries

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Wool

1950s "Kvadrater" Tapestry by Barbro Nilsson
Located in New York, NY
Beautiful vintage tapestry in a design called "Kvadrater" by Barbro Nilsson for Märta Måås Fjetterström Studio in Båstad, Sweden. Design consists of squares in muted purple, green an...
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1950s Swedish Scandinavian Modern Vintage Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Linen

Mid 17th Century Aubusson Tapestry The Coronation Of Melinte And Ariana N° 1387
Located in Paris, FR
VIGON (after) "The coronation of Mélinte and Ariane" Tapestry from the Royal Manufacture of Aubusson second half of the 17th century. Woven in wool and silk This interesting tapestry...
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Mid-17th Century French Aubusson Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

1820's Antique French Aubusson Tapestry with Venus and Adonis, 07'00 x 14'06
By François Boucher, Francesco Albani, Peter Paul Rubens
Located in Dallas, TX
77237 Antique French Aubusson Tapestry with Venus and Adonis, 07'00 x 14'06. This magnificent handwoven wool and silk antique French Aubusson tapestry exudes the grandeur and elegance of the Early 19th Century, drawing inspiration from the works of Italian Baroque painter Francesco Albani...
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Early 19th Century French Louis XIV Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

1100 - 19th Century Aubusson Tapestry
Located in Paris, FR
Very pretty Tapestry 19th century Aubusson chinoiserie style with very pretty and freche colors ref. 1100.
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1850s French Aubusson Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool

1960 Vintage Art Nouveau Tapestry Abstract Fish Handwoven 2x4
Located in New York, NY
1960 Vintage Art Nouveau Tapestry Abstract Fish Handwoven 2x4 About Us~ Welcome to Antique Rug Collection. Your #1 Source for handmade Antique Rugs & Tapestries at great prices, cu...
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1950s French Baroque Vintage Wool Tapestries

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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 Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Needlepoint Panel Mythological Scene in the Manner of Boucher 4'3 x 8'7
Located in New York, NY
Needlepoint panel of a mythological scene in the manner of Boucher. One of a pair of arched panels possible Entre Fenetres, the orange yellow grounds display each an arch of fruits a...
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19th Century French Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool

French Tapestry Signed By The Aubusson Factory, Circa 1860 - 278lx200h - No 1474
Located in Paris, FR
French Tapestry Signed By The Aubusson Factory, Circa 1860 - 278lx200h - No. 1474 This tapestry is a fine example of the 19th century Aubusson verdure. This type of tapestry is char...
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1860s French Aubusson Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Silk

Wonderful large original modern French Aubusson tapestry by “Louis Toffoli”
Located in Saint Ouen, FR
Maréchal Ferrant (Farrier) Discover the exquisite beauty of this authentic Aubusson tapestry, meticulously handwoven in the renowned Carthage workshops of Robert Four in Aubusson Fr...
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Mid-20th Century French Aubusson Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

17th Century Flemish Historical Tapestry with the Roman General Coriolanus
Located in New York, NY
An antique 17th century Flemish historical tapestry, size 7' H x 11' W, depicting the Roman general Coriolanus, enthroned at left, with his domineering m...
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17th Century Belgian Antique Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Design Wall Tapestry
Located in Praha, CZ
- 1960s - Perfect condition.
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1960s Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wool Tapestries

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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 Wool Tapestries

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Wool, Cotton

17th Century French Aubusson Historical Tapestry
Located in New York, NY
A French Aubusson historical tapestry from the late 17th-early 18th century, depicting a knight embracing a woman in classical dress, beside a man carrying a sword on horseback, a wo...
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17th Century European Aubusson Antique Wool Tapestries

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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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Located in New York, NY
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By Christian Royer
Located in Beirut, LB
Abstract wool printed tapestry of Mid-century (20th) modern abstract french origin, signed at the bottom by Christian Royer. It has a black background and holds a stunning work with ...
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Wool

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Located in Saint Ouen, FR
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Wool

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Located in Dallas, TX
76928 Late 19th-Century Antique French Aubusson Verdure Tapestry, Landscape Scene Wall Hanging. This hand-woven silk and wool late 19th-century antique French Aubusson verdure tapestry depicts a landscape scene of the French countryside. Displaying dense foliage, greenery, fauna and flowers, this verdure tapestry portrays a tranquil setting. The floral scroll and bird border seamlessly blends into the pictorial scene without taking away from the majestic style. An outer border composed of a zigzag chevron add interest and a pop of color. Rendered in variegated shades of brown, ecru, taupe, pale green, slate blue, red, pink, lavender, beige and charcoal. The hues of brown range from chocolate brown to lighter shades of brown reflecting a fallow color to sand. Other colors range from ecru (greyish-pale yellow or a light greyish-yellowish brown) to old gold (yellow color that varies from light olive or olive brown) and hues of olive and sage green. With its commitment to tradition and heart full of whimsy, this antique Aubusson wall hanging...
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Located in Casale Monferrato, IT
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Located in Los Angeles, US
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French Hand-Printed Tapestry in Medieval style - H 114 x L 97 cm - N° 1438
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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Wool

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Located in L’ISLE-SUR-LA-SORGUE, FR
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Wool

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Located in Dallas, TX
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Mid-20th Century Swedish Aesthetic Movement Wool Tapestries

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Wool

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Located in London, GB
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A MID-CENTURY-MODERN Handmade & Signed ABSTRACT TAPESTRY, AUBUSSON, France 1950
Located in PARIS, FR
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wool Tapestries

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Wool

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Located in Renens, CH
Handwoven tapestry, 'Le Bouc Bleu' by Jean Lurçat for Atelier Jane Pérethon, Signed and labelled. Origination: 1950s, France. Condition: Very good. Tapestry has been professiona...
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1950s French Mid-Century Modern Vintage Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Art Nouveau Embroidery, early 20th C. France
Located in Istanbul, TR
A rare item to comedy, has some over all ware., some structural damages. No lining.
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Early 20th Century French Art Nouveau Wool Tapestries

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Metallic Thread

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Located in New York, NY
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Wool

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Located in New York, NY
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Located in Paris, FR
A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....
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1980s French Aubusson Vintage Wool Tapestries

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Located in Paris, FR
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20th Century French Aubusson Wool Tapestries

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Wool

Aubusson Tapestry By Thérèse Le Guen "Vallé Blance" Signed Certified - No. 1412
Located in Paris, FR
A stone's throw from the Eiffel Tower We are a family business specializing in the purchase, sale and expertise of old, modern and contemporary tapestries, rugs, kilims and textiles....
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Located in Berlin, DE
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17th Century French Antique Wool Tapestries

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