Washing Day at the Mill Italian Wall Tapestry SIZE:65"W x 45"H watering cans and clippers

watering cans and clippers

The warm browns and peaceful dragonflies on this piece by Ichter evoke a sense of peace and harmony

The music comes alive as jazz musicians play in profile against a cityscape

tapestries were very often woven with those scenes

Washing Day at the Mill Italian Wall Tapestry SIZE:65"W x 45"H watering cans and clippersThis is an Italian jacquard woven wall tapestry. This tapestry is a rendering of one of a series painted by Francois Boucher (1703 1770), and shows women washing clothes by a lake, a typical pastoral activity that was popular in the Rococo era. Boucher was a French painter in the Rococo style, known for his idyllic and voluptuous paintings on classical themes, decorative allegories, and pastoral scenes. He was perhaps the most celebrated painter and