François Boucher / The Chinese Fair / 1742

François Boucher
The Chinese Fair
1742 - 1745
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Creator Name: Boucher, François
Creator Nationality: European; French
Creator Role: Designer
Creator Dates/Places: 1703 - 1770
Gender: M
Creator Name-CRT: François Boucher
Creator Name: Dumons, Jean-Joseph
Creator Role: cartooner
Creator Name-CRT: Jean-Joseph Dumons
Creator Name: Royal Beauvais Manufactory
Creator Name-CRT: Royal Beauvais Manufactory
Creator Name: Besnier, Nicolas
Creator Name-CRT: Nicolas Besnier
Title: The Chinese Fair
View: front
Creation Start Date: 1742
Creation End Date: 1745
Creation Date: 1742 - 1745
Creation Place: Beauvais
Object Type: Textiles
Classification Term: Tapestries
Materials and Techniques: wool, silk
Dimensions: H.143 x W.218 in., irregular
AMICA Contributor: The Minneapolis Institute of Arts
Owner Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
ID Number: 45.14
Credit Line: The William Hood Dunwoody Fund
Rights: http://www.artsmia.org/restrictions.html
Context:

As trade expanded to China in the 17th and 18th centuries, Europeans became intrigued with the exoticism of the Far East. In time, artists created decorative objects inspired by Chinese forms and motifs. This tapestry, one of a six-part series designed by the French painter François Boucher, captures the bustle of a European marketplace thinly disguised as a Chinese fair. Pagoda roofs, rickshaws, and Asian costumes, along with elephants and camels, help complete this illusion.

In the 18th century, it was fashionable to install tapestries permanently on the walls and to decorate the rooms accordingly. This tapestry was originally hung in a Paris salon surrounded by imported Chinese cabinets, chinoiserie (Chinese-inspired) screens, and crimson upholstery and curtains.

From the second Chinese Series.

AMICA ID: MIA_.45.14
Component Measured: overall
Measurement Unit: in
AMICA Library Year: 1998
Media Metadata Rights: ?The Minneapolis Institute of Arts

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