Screen Panel
1725-1750 (made)
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This tapestry panel was probably intended to be mounted on a screen to disguise an empty fireplace. The panel is not an accurate depiction of nature - the golden pheasant in the centre lacks long tail feathers, the fruit in the foreground are the shape of peaches but the colour of plums, while the small bird on the left appears to be a creation of the designer's imagination.
Although the panel bears the name Danthon in the bottom right corner, we cannot be certain which member of this family of weavers made the tapestry. The Danthon family were originally from Aubusson in central France which is famous for its tapestry production. The family were Protestants, and were forced to flee religious persecution in France in the 1690s. Like many other French Protestants, known as Huguenots, they settled in Spitalfields in East London. Members of the Danthon family worked at a tapestry manufacture in Soho, and later in Fulham.
Although the panel bears the name Danthon in the bottom right corner, we cannot be certain which member of this family of weavers made the tapestry. The Danthon family were originally from Aubusson in central France which is famous for its tapestry production. The family were Protestants, and were forced to flee religious persecution in France in the 1690s. Like many other French Protestants, known as Huguenots, they settled in Spitalfields in East London. Members of the Danthon family worked at a tapestry manufacture in Soho, and later in Fulham.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Tapestry woven wool and silk |
| Brief description | Tapestry woven screen panel of wool and silk, made by the Danthon family, England, 1725-1750 |
| Physical description | Tapestry woven screen panel of wool and silk on a woollen warp. In the foreground a golden pheasant without its tail feathers stands on a fallen block of masonry, looking towards the right where some fruit the shape of peaches but the colour of plums lies on the ground. In the background are ruins, with a fluted Corinthian column on the right, crossed by a spray of blossom; balanced at the left by a small tree on which perches a small bird, here shown large, with brown and white body, a black head, a red patch behind the eye and another beneath the tail, possibly a red-whiskered bulbul. On a woollen warp, 22-24 to the inch. |
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| Marks and inscriptions | 'DANTHON' (At the bottom right, woven in dark blue wool) |
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| Summary | This tapestry panel was probably intended to be mounted on a screen to disguise an empty fireplace. The panel is not an accurate depiction of nature - the golden pheasant in the centre lacks long tail feathers, the fruit in the foreground are the shape of peaches but the colour of plums, while the small bird on the left appears to be a creation of the designer's imagination. Although the panel bears the name Danthon in the bottom right corner, we cannot be certain which member of this family of weavers made the tapestry. The Danthon family were originally from Aubusson in central France which is famous for its tapestry production. The family were Protestants, and were forced to flee religious persecution in France in the 1690s. Like many other French Protestants, known as Huguenots, they settled in Spitalfields in East London. Members of the Danthon family worked at a tapestry manufacture in Soho, and later in Fulham. |
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| Accession number | T.318-1979 |
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| Record created | April 5, 2006 |
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