The Charlatan and the Peep Show from a set of the Italian Village Scenes. Culture: French, Beauvais. Designer: Designed by François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris). Dimensions: 111 1/2 × 160 1/2 in. (283.2 × 407.7 cm). Manufactory: Beauvais. Patron: Commissioned for Boulard de Gatellier (Chteau de Gatellier (Loire)). Workshop director: André Charlemagne Charron (French, active 1754-80). Date: designed 1734-36, woven 1762.Images of gardens were popular in the tapestry medium from the medieval era, where the so-called mille-fleurs (thousand flowers) (see also 2013.506) provided a decorative, and sometimes symbolic, setting for scenes of romance and play. Park and garden tapestries continued to enjoy popularity throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, particularly for the decoration of more intimate chambers, where they provided a pleasant contrast with the grander subject matter of tapestries used in more formal settings. The theme enjoyed new popularity with the adv

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The Charlatan and the Peep Show from a set of the Italian Village Scenes. Culture: French, Beauvais. Designer: Designed by François Boucher (French, Paris 1703-1770 Paris). Dimensions: 111 1/2 × 160 1/2 in. (283.2 × 407.7 cm). Manufactory: Beauvais. Patron: Commissioned for Boulard de Gatellier (Chteau de Gatellier (Loire)). Workshop director: André Charlemagne Charron (French, active 1754-80). Date: designed 1734-36, woven 1762.Images of gardens were popular in the tapestry medium from the medieval era, where the so-called mille-fleurs (thousand flowers) (see also 2013.506) provided a decorative, and sometimes symbolic, setting for scenes of romance and play. Park and garden tapestries continued to enjoy popularity throughout the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, particularly for the decoration of more intimate chambers, where they provided a pleasant contrast with the grander subject matter of tapestries used in more formal settings. The theme enjoyed new popularity with the adv

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