The Collation
Maker
Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory
(active 1664, combined with Gobelins 1940)
MakerUnder the direction of
Jean-Baptiste Oudry
(French, 1686 - 1755)
Maker
François Boucher
, designer (French, 1703 - 1770)
Additional Title(s)
- La Collation
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Dateca. 1738-1754
Mediumwool and silk; modern linen support straps, dust bands, and linings.
Dimensions105 x 73 1/2 in. (266.7 x 186.7 cm.)
DescriptionThis tapestry is part of a set of five tapestries portraying Italian village scenes. "The Collation" shows five figures seated in an outdoor setting.
SignedBOVCHER in narrative field.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection.
Label TextBoucher was already well established as a painter, engraver, and theatrical designer when he turned his talents to tapestry in the 1730s. This suite of five tapestries was inspired by his travels in rural Italy. Boucher designed six suites of tapestries for the Beauvais Manufactory over two decades. The Italian Village Scenes was his first suite; an example of his last suite, The Noble Pastorale, hangs downstairs in the Large Library.Status
On viewObject number20.5
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.30
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.27
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
tapestry covers: mid 18th Century; chair frames: 19th Century
Object number: 9.29