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Description: | unmounted inscr on plate b.l "F. Boucher pinx."; inscr on plate b. c. "LA FOIRE CHINOISE / A Paris chez Huquier rue des Mathurins au coin de celle de Sorbonne A.P.D.R."; insc. on plate b. r. "Huquier Filius Sculp."; unidentified collector's stamp on verso AFTER BOUCHER, Francois; (French; 1703-1770) CRE HUQUIER, Jacques- Gabriel son; (French; 1725-1805) NFA assisted purchase. This is one in a set of 6, titled Chinese Tapestries. In 1743, at the height of the fashion for chinoiserie in France, Boucher was commissioned to produce six oil sketches for a set of Chinese Tapestries, to be woven at Beauvais. An immediate success, the 'Tapisseries Chinoises' were woven with innumerable variations. Its design, the subject of engravings by Gabriel Huquier father and others, was brought to the attention of other tapestries manufactures and inspired a number of variations. More than forty years later, the designs were still a commercial success, and prompted Gabriel Huquier father and son to engrave another set of six prints after Boucher's original design. The two engravings, 'L'Audience de l'Empereur Chinois' and 'La Foire Chinoise', were intended as a set. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | CHINESE FAIR : PAIR : DESIGN : TAPESTRY : CHINA : CHINOISERIE : PORCELAIN DEALER : ROCOCO : EXOTICISM : TEA : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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