18TH CENTURY AUBUSSON TAPESTRY IN THE CHINOISERIE TASTE

8TH CENTURY AUBUSSON TAPESTRY AFTER J.B. PILLEMENT IN THE CHINOISERIE TASTE
Woven with a three sided blue and red patterned border decorated with twisting acanthus leaves and flowers.
With an exotic bird in the foreground contemplating a pool of water, and a parrot perched on a rock nearby. In the distance a pagoda stands on a hill surrounded by other buildings.
Exotic flowers throughout. Reduced in size, missing the lower border. France c, 1760.

HEIGHT: 210 cm (82¾")
WIDTH: 309 cm (121¾")

This tapestry is typical of the designs by Jean-Baptiste Pillement (24 May 1728 – 26 April 1808). A French painter born in Lyon, he moved to Paris where he worked at the Gobelins factory. He later worked in Spain and England. Pillement's illustrations are a mixture of fantastic birds, flora & fauna, large human figures and chinoiserie. His designs were used by engravers and decorators on porcelain and pottery, but also on textiles, wallpaper and silver. He produced many cartoons for the tapestry industry - Manufacture Royale d'Aubusson. Typical of his tapestry designs are those with exotic birds, trees and Chinese temples.

£16,000 GBP