The comedies of Molière : tapestries with subjects from the comedies of Molière, executed under Louis XV at the Royal Manufactory of Beauvais after cartoons by Jean Baptiste Oudry (1686-1755) and woven under the supervision of N. Besnier
This is a reproduction catalogue from French & Company of New York, showing tapestries woven at the Beauvais royal manufactory under Louis XV from cartoons by Jean Baptiste Oudry, with scenes drawn from Molière's comedies. The plates reproduce the tapestry designs, which are framed in ornate rococo borders with garden, interior, and architectural settings. A designer could draw on their elegant period costume, formal garden architecture, and decorative cartouche borders for eighteenth-century French ornament.
