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A ROYAL LOUIS XVI GOBELINS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY FROM 'LES TENTURES DE FRANCOIS BOUCHER'
BY JACQUES NEILSON MAURICE JACQUES AND LOUIS TESSIER CIRCA 1778-81, THE MEDALLIONS AFTER THE DESIGN BY FRANCOIS BOUCHER
Woven in wools and silks, the medallions suspended from ribbons depicting Venus Emerging From the Waters signed 'F.Boucher 1766' and Aurora and Cephalus signed 'F. Boucher 1763', against a red damask ground hung with floral swags and centred by a gold-mounted flowering vase flanked by putti, within a gold vitruvian scroll and beaded border, signed 'NELSON'
143 3/4 in. (365 cm.) high; 226 1/4 in. (575 cm.) wide
Provenance
Commissioned for Jean-Balthazar, comte d'Adhemar (1736-1790), French Ambassador to Great Britain circa 1783 but not delivered;
Given to Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1726–1802) by Louis XVI of France circa 1784;
recorded in the prince's posthumous inventory circa 1802 in his bedroom in the Palais des Prinzen Heinrich, Berlin.
With Frankhauser, Basel.
Swiss Private Collection (acquired 1977).
Literature
M. Fenaille, Etat général des Tapisseries de la manufacture des gobelins 1600-1900, Deuxième Partie, Paris 1907, pp. 285, 288-289.
H. Göbel, Die Wandteppiche und ihre Manufakturen in Frankreich, Italien, Spanien und Portugal, Bd.I, Leipzig, 1928.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
S. Evers, ‘Tapisserien für Berlin und Rheinsberg, Die Geschenke aus den Teppichmanufakturen von Paris und St. Petersburg und ihre Präsentation in den Wohnungen des Prinzen Heinrich’, in Prinz Heinrich von Preussen, Ein Europäer in Rheinsberg, pp. 455–65.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Specified lots (sold and unsold) marked with a filled square ( ¦ ) not collected from Christie’s, 8 King Street, London SW1Y 6QT by 5.00pm on the day of the sale will, at our option, be removed to Crozier Park Royal (details below). Christie’s will inform you if the lot has been sent offsite.If the lot is transferred to Crozier Park Royal, it will be available for collection from 12.00pm on the second business day following the sale.Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Crozier Park Royal. All collections from Crozier Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only.Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com.If the lot remains at Christie’s, 8 King Street, it will be available for collection on any working day (not weekends) from 9.00am to 5.00pm
Details
A ROYAL LOUIS XVI GOBELINS MYTHOLOGICAL TAPESTRY FROM 'LES TENTURES DE FRANCOIS BOUCHER'
BY JACQUES NEILSON MAURICE JACQUES AND LOUIS TESSIER CIRCA 1778-81, THE MEDALLIONS AFTER THE DESIGN BY FRANCOIS BOUCHER
Woven in wools and silks, the medallions suspended from ribbons depicting Venus Emerging From the Waters signed 'F.Boucher 1766' and Aurora and Cephalus signed 'F. Boucher 1763', against a red damask ground hung with floral swags and centred by a gold-mounted flowering vase flanked by putti, within a gold vitruvian scroll and beaded border, signed 'NELSON'
143 3/4 in. (365 cm.) high; 226 1/4 in. (575 cm.) wide
Provenance
Commissioned for Jean-Balthazar, comte d'Adhemar (1736-1790), French Ambassador to Great Britain circa 1783 but not delivered;
Given to Prince Heinrich of Prussia (1726–1802) by Louis XVI of France circa 1784;
recorded in the prince's posthumous inventory circa 1802 in his bedroom in the Palais des Prinzen Heinrich, Berlin.
With Frankhauser, Basel.
Swiss Private Collection (acquired 1977).
Literature
M. Fenaille, Etat général des Tapisseries de la manufacture des gobelins 1600-1900, Deuxième Partie, Paris 1907, pp. 285, 288-289.
H. Göbel, Die Wandteppiche und ihre Manufakturen in Frankreich, Italien, Spanien und Portugal, Bd.I, Leipzig, 1928.
COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
S. Evers, ‘Tapisserien für Berlin und Rheinsberg, Die Geschenke aus den Teppichmanufakturen von Paris und St. Petersburg und ihre Präsentation in den Wohnungen des Prinzen Heinrich’, in Prinz Heinrich von Preussen, Ein Europäer in Rheinsberg, pp. 455–65.
Special notice
This lot has been imported from outside of the UK for sale and placed under the Temporary Admission regime. Import VAT is payable at 5% on the hammer price. VAT at 20% will be added to the buyer’s premium but will not be shown separately on our invoice.
Specified lots (sold and unsold) marked with a filled square ( ¦ ) not collected from Christie’s, 8 King Street, London SW1Y 6QT by 5.00pm on the day of the sale will, at our option, be removed to Crozier Park Royal (details below). Christie’s will inform you if the lot has been sent offsite.If the lot is transferred to Crozier Park Royal, it will be available for collection from 12.00pm on the second business day following the sale.Please call Christie’s Client Service 24 hours in advance to book a collection time at Crozier Park Royal. All collections from Crozier Park Royal will be by pre-booked appointment only.Tel: +44 (0)20 7839 9060 Email: cscollectionsuk@christies.com.If the lot remains at Christie’s, 8 King Street, it will be available for collection on any working day (not weekends) from 9.00am to 5.00pm
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