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LOT 134 A Berlin tapestry with a motif by WatteauWool and silk on linen weft, lined. Depicting an

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The Prussian Sale / Vienna Porcelain from a Private Collection (Lempertz Berlin)

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A Berlin tapestry with a motif by Watteau Wool and silk on linen weft, lined. Depicting an elegantly dressed couple and a guitar player sitting beneath a tree in a panoramic river landscape flanked on either side by repoussoir trees. The border with blue and yellow acanthus scrolls on dark brown ground. Restored, minor filled areas within the sky. H 320, W 358 cm. Berlin, manufactory of Charles Vigne, probably before 1745. The first tapestry weaver recorded in Berlin is thought to be Jean Barraban (1647 - 1709) from Sedan, who learnt his trade in Aubusson. It is not known exactly when he moved to Berlin with his son of the same name (1677 - 1725). In the first monograph on Berlin tapestries, Hans Huth mentions that the son, Jean Barraband II, occupied "the old grotto building in the Lustgarten, later the stock exchange". Since he is known to have already delivered tapestries in 1699, he must have had a manufactory before this time about which nothing is known today. Barraband entered into a cooperation with the merchant and weaver Charles Vigne in 1699, who continued his manufactory upon Barraband's death in 1725. Vigne later moved into rooms in one of the side wings of the royal stables, running a workshop with 300 personell and 26 looms. He tried to convince Friedrich Wilhelm I to ban foreign imports and promote local products, but his plan was not a success, and he was forced to sell off his wall hangings in lotteries. Friedrich II approved the first of these lotteries in 1744. It featured 144,000 lots and 3,204 winners. These included two lots with five tapestries described as "haute-lisse tapestry hangings (...) in the new fashion with Indian trees and flowers as well as figures after Watteau". The present work could originate from one of these lots. Provenance From the collection of a Rhenish industrialist family. Tapisserie mit Motiv nach Watteau Hautelisse-Wirkerei in Wolle und Seide auf Leinen, hinterfüttert. Bühnenartige Kulisse einer flachen Flusslandschaft, gesäumt von phantastischen Repoussoirbäumen. Zentral, unter einem jungen Baum sitzend, ein höfisches Liebespaar, rechts daneben ein Gitarrespieler. Gerollte blaugelbe Akanthusblätter auf dunkelbraunem Fond als Bordüre mit plastischer Rahmenwirkung. Restauriert, kleine Verfüllungen im Bereich des Himmels. H 320, B 358 cm. Berlin, Manufaktur Charles Vigne, wohl vor 1745. Der nachweislich erste Berliner Tapisseriewirker war vermutlich der aus Sedan stammende Jean Barraban (1647 - 1709). Er lernte sein Handwerk in Aubusson. Wann er mit seinem gleichnamigen Sohn (1677 - 1725) nach Berlin zog, ist bis heute nicht geklärt. In der ersten Monographie zu Berliner Tapisserien erwähnt Hans Huth, dass Jean Barraband II, der Sohn, "das alte Grottengebäude am Lustgarten, die spätere Börse" bezog. Da aber bereits 1699 die Lieferung einer Tapisserieserie belegt ist, muss vorher schon eine Manufaktur bestanden haben, über die man nichts mehr weiß. 1720 verband sich Barraband mit dem Kaufmann und Wirker Charles Vigne, der nach Barrabands Tod 1725 die Manufaktur allein weiterführte. Vigne bezog Räume in einem Seitenflügel des königlichen Marstalls, sein Personal umfasste etwa 300 Personen, die 26 Webstühle betrieben. Er versuchte Friedrich Wilhelm I. zu veranlassen, ausländische Erzeugnisse zu sperren und statt dessen die heimischen zu bevorzugen. Doch sein Plan ging nicht auf - er musste Lotterien veranstalten, um seine Wandteppiche zu verkaufen. Friedrich II. genehmigte die erste Lotterie 1744, die 14400 Lose umfasste und 3204 Gewinne. Darunter waren zwei Lots mit fünf Tapisserien, bezeichnet als "Hautelisse-Tapeten-Beschlag (...) nach einer neuen Façon mit Indianischen Bäumen und Blumen, wie auch Figuren von Watteau". Die hier gezeigte Tapisserie könnte aus einem dieser Lots stammen. Provenienz Aus rheinischem Industriellenbesitz. Literatur Vgl. Göbel, Wandteppiche, III. Teil, Bd. 2, Leipzig 1934, S. 83 ff., Abb. 65. Vgl. Huth, Zur Geschichte der Berliner Wirkteppiche, in Jahrbuch der Preußischen Kunstsammlungen, Bd. 56/1935, S. 80 ff. Vgl. Horbas, Tapisserien, in: Herrliche Künste und Manufacturen, Berlin 2001, S. 108 ff. Eine Tapisserie aus derselben Serie verst. Lempertz Köln Auktion 719 am 14. November 1995, Lot 977.

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