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Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory (French tapestry factory, active 1664, combined with Gobelins 1940)
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Note: Beauvais was founded by Louis XIV's minister of finance, Jean-Baptiste Colbert in 1664. Although subsidized by the state, it was a private enterprise run by a succession of entrepreneurs. One of the most popular early series of tapestries was "Les Grotesques." In 1734, Jean-Baptiste Oudry was made director and the factory flourished. Oudry stressed a higher technical standards and designed tapestries showing a variety of natural scenes. When Oudry was appointed director for Gobelins, he selected the young painter Francois Boucher as his successor. Boucher designed forty-five tapestries including "The Story of Psyshe" and "Love of the Gods." Throughout the 1700s, Beauvais also produced upholstery and wall hangings. |
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Boucher, Francois 1736-1755 |
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(French painter, etcher, and draftsman, 1703-1770) [500032143] |
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(French tapestry factory, active 1664, combined with Gobelins 1940) ..... [VP Preferred]
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