Gobelins Tapestry Factory
The Banquet of Esther signed & dated 1783
Woven silk and wool tapestry | 425 x 491 cm (whole object) | RCIN 35257
Queen's Presence Chamber, Windsor Castle
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One panel from a series of Gobelins tapestries depicting the History of Esther, illustrating the banquet where Esther pleads for her life, with the court in attendance, set in a Salomoic pergola. Woven in the workshop of Pierre-François Cozette after a design by J. F. de Troy. One of seven panels in the Royal Collection. A number of sets of this series were woven at the Gobelins between 1738 and 1794. The Windsor tapestries were among the last to be put on the looms. They incorporate the new borders designed by M. Jacques in 1773. Completed by 1789, they remained in store up until July 1797 when they were sold during the revolutionary sales to the citoyen Chapeaurouge, agent of the Commission des Subsistances in Hamburg. They next reappear in Paris in May 1825 when Sir Charles Long bought them for George IV.
Provenance
This tapestry was sold during the revolutionary sales to the Citoyen Chapeaurouge, agent of the Commission des Subsistances in Hamburg. It was purchased in Paris in May 1825, along with 37 other pieces of Gobelins tapestry, by Sir Charles Long (later Lord Farnborough) on behalf of George IV.
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Medium and techniques
Woven silk and wool tapestry
Measurements
425 x 491 cm (whole object)
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Alternative title(s)
The History of Esther
