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Le Bouquet (1951) by Marc Saint-Saens is among the best and most representative French tapestries of the fifties. It is a tribute to Saint-Saens’s predilection for scenes from nature and rustic life. [6] The museum of the Cité internationale de la tapisserie ) in Aubusson which opened in 2016 has a large collection of Aubusson tapestries.
Design for a Baumgarten Tapestry in the 1890s. In the 19th century, the most important producer of tapestries in the world was the city of Aubusson, in France.It was there that Mr. Baumgarten found the Foussadier family who were taken to New York City to work in his company. [2]
Aubusson is well known for its tapestry and carpets, which have been famous throughout the world since the 14th century. The origins of this craft date to the arrival of weavers from Flanders, who took refuge in Aubusson around 1580. There is a famous collection of Aubusson tapestries at Vallon-Pont-d'Arc. The style of the tapestries produced ...
The Pastoral Amusements, (French: Les Amusements champêtres) is a series of tapestries designed between 1720 and 1730 [1] by Jean-Baptiste Oudry for Noël-Antoine de Mérou, then director of the Royal Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory. The first production of the designs took place at Beauvais in 1731. [2]
Sets of tapestry covers for seat furniture were introduced, and in September 1737 it was decided that the King of France should purchase two sets of tapestry each year, for 10,000 livres, for gifts to foreign ministers, an advertisement of French hegemony in the field of art and also a fine advertisement for the quality of the Beauvais manufacture.
Aubusson is the name or part of the name of several communes in France: Aubusson, Creuse, in the Creuse département, well known for the manufacture of Aubusson tapestry and carpets; Aubusson, Orne, in the Orne département; Aubusson-d'Auvergne, in the Puy-de-Dôme département