“The Chinese Dance” tapestries
Aubusson factory
ca. 1750-1770
Wool and silk
Inv. CAM 330
© MAD, Paris / photo: Jean Tholance
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“The Chinese Dance” and its companion piece “The Chinese Garden” were woven in the workshop of Jean-François Picon from preparatory sketches (“cartoons”) by the painter Jean-Joseph Dumons (1687-1779). They were inspired by the “Tenture Chinoise” tapestry series commissioned from François Boucher by the Beauvais factory. Comte Moïse de Camondo inherited them from his father.