Jean-Joseph DUMONS (1687-1779) - Manufacture royale d'AUBUSS - Lot 410

Jean-Joseph DUMONS (1687-1779) - Manufacture royale d'AUBUSSON "Fishing" Low-warp wool and silk tapestry from the Second Chinese Hanging, after cartoons by Jean-Joseph Dumons (1687-1779) inspired by François Boucher (1703-1770). Wool and silk tapestry decorated with a boat of Chinese fishermen approaching the shore, against a background of pagodas and exotic trees. 18th century - Circa 1755-1770 Presented stretched on a wooden frame and framed. Total dimensions: 163 x 199 cm Bibliography * Make China one of the provinces of Rococo. So wrote the Goncourts, echoing the craze for exoticism in vogue in the 18th century, a craze exemplified by the curiosity and creativity of François Boucher. Inspired by Boucher's compositions for the Beauvais manufactory, the Aubusson manufactory in turn produced a Chinese hanging based on Joseph Dumons' cartoons, with at least sixteen different themes, including La Chasse, La Toilette and La Danse. Jean-François Picon, the King's dyer. Aubusson, wove it many times between 1750 and 1775 with a cabochon border. The cabochon border can be found on the Jardinier and Repas Chinois weavings, illustrated in Dario Boccara, Les Belles Heures de la Tapisserie, Zug, 1971, p. 197 and 206.