Decorative Arts: An Illustrated Summary Catalogue of the Collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum

283. Four-panel Screen
     Savonnerie manufactory, woven between
     1719 and 1769
     Woven after designs by Alexandre-Fran£ois
     Desportes
     Wool and linen; modern velvet backing;
     wooden frame; brass nails
     Height: 6 ft. Vs in. (185.1 cm); Width:
     8 ft. 6 in. (259.1 cm)
     Accession number 75 .DD.1
     PROVENANCE
     The Earl of Caledon, Tyttenhanger Park,
     Hertfordshire; [Alexander and Berendt,
     Ltd., London, 1973]; private Australian
     collection; [Alexander and Berendt, Ltd.,
     London, 1975]; purchased by J. Paul Getty.
     BIBLIOGRAPHY
     Pierre Verlet, The James A. de Rothschild
     Collection at Waddesdon Manor: The Savon­
     nerie (Fribourg, 1982), p. 15; n. 20, p. 467;
     Wilson, Selections, no. 12, pp. 24-25, illus.

Tapestries

284. Fragment of a Verdure Tapestry
     French, circa 1630
     Wool
     Height: 10 ft. 10 in. (330.5 cm); Width:
     7 ft. uVx in. (242.5 cm)
     Accession number 69.DD.37
     PROVENANCE
     Gift of Dr. Albert Best, Los Angeles, 1969.


285. Tapestry, The Offering to Bacchus
     from the Grotesque Series
     Beauvais manufactory, circa 1685-1730
     After a design by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer
     Wool and silk
     Height: 9 ft. 5% in. (289 cm); Width:
     6 ft. 7% in. (201 cm)
     Accession number 86.DD.645

PROVENANCE

Rothschild collection, Vienna; (anonymous

sale, Christies, London, June 22,1939,

lot 159); (sold, Christies, London, July 1,

1982, lot 3, to [Bernheimer Fine Arts, Ltd.,

London]).

BIBLIOGRAPHY

"Acquisitions/1986," GettyMusJ 1$ (1987),

no. 99, pp. 210-211, illus.

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