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French tapestry attributed to Francois Boucher, Paris;
"The Chinese series" (the second series), madame
instructing her Chinese servants how do the garden and
decorate the pavillion. 18th century. W. 318. H. 238 cm.
The first Chinese Series (Tenture chinoise) to be woven at the
Beauvais Manufactory, now called The Story of the Emperor of
China, was proably designed about 1688. Its cartoons was were
by the figure painter Guy-Louis Vernansal, the celebrated flower
painters Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer and Jean Belin de Fontenay.
Popular for some forty years, the series was last woven about
1727-28, by 1731 the cartoons were to be damaged for no futher
use. Sensing a growing revival of chinoiserie, Jean -Baptiste Oudry
commissioned a new Chinese series from Francois Boucher.
DKK 175.000-200.000 / € 23.000-27.000
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A pair of large French Louis XVI gilt and patinated bronze
candelabra, each with female figures on cylindrical bases
of white marble, holding aloft three branches decorated
with vases of Blue John. Second half of the 18th century.
H. 92 cm. (2). DKK 600.000 / € 80.000
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