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Landscape with Pagoda and Red Drape
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Aubusson chinoiserie tapestry depicting cranes and a peacock before pagodas within a landscape; the lower selvedge woven with "M.R. AUBUSSON." At left, a red drape shrouds a large fruit tree and wooden shelter. A bow and quiver dangle from the tree. In the center, a crane and white heron stand on the river bank. Behind them is an arch-shaped land mass topped with a pagoda. At right are a palm tree, a larger vertical pagoda, and a peacock perched on a tree branch. This Louis XV chinoiserie tapestry belongs to the "Chinese landscape" series (see entry for 1960.3). The border includes a narrow band with a gold rope motif and a wide band with a flower garland.
Department of Paintings Sculpture & Decorative Arts
Mrs. Nathaniel Bowditch Potter gift; to Fogg Art Museum 1953
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum Gift of Mrs. Nathaniel Bowditch Potter
Title: Landscape with Pagoda and Red Drape
Description:
Aubusson chinoiserie tapestry depicting cranes and a peacock before pagodas within a landscape; the lower selvedge woven with "M.
R.
AUBUSSON.
" At left, a red drape shrouds a large fruit tree and wooden shelter.
A bow and quiver dangle from the tree.
In the center, a crane and white heron stand on the river bank.
Behind them is an arch-shaped land mass topped with a pagoda.
At right are a palm tree, a larger vertical pagoda, and a peacock perched on a tree branch.
This Louis XV chinoiserie tapestry belongs to the "Chinese landscape" series (see entry for 1960.
3).
The border includes a narrow band with a gold rope motif and a wide band with a flower garland.
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