Tapestries, their origin, history and renaissance (1912)
Hunter, George Leland, 1867-1927 · New York, John Lane company; [etc., etc.] · leaf 224
n important part of itspopulation. Together with other Protestants twohundred of the best weavers of Aubusson had toleave France. Pierre Mercier, with nine others,went to Germany, and was successful in establishinghimself there. The promised painter and dyer were finally sentin the year 1731, in… … CHINESE SCENE PLATE no. 203. A Chinese Return from Fishing. An Aubusson XVTII century tapestry in the collection of M. Martin Le Roy,versed and modified from one of the nine Chinese designs painted by Francois Boucher in 1742 for the Beauvais Tapestry Works,w preserved in the Museum of Besanc,on.…
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