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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Chinese Fair

1723–74
manufacturer

Beauvais

(French)
designed by

Jean Joseph Dumons

(French, 1687–1779)

after a design by François Boucher

(French, 1703–1770)
France, 18th century, Period of Louis XV (1723-1774)
tapestry weave: silk and wool
Overall: 308 x 293.1 cm (121 1/4 x 115 3/8 in.)
The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection 1944.134
Location: Not on view
  • at least 1918–1944
    Mrs. Francis F. [Elisabeth Severance Allen] Prentiss [1865–1944], Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1944–
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • P.W. French & Co. Royal Beauvais Tapestry, The Chinese Fair ... Presented by Louis XV to the Emperor Kien-Lung. New York: French, n.d.
    Hunter, George Leland. Loan Exhibition of Tapestries: Cleveland Museum of Art, October 5th to December 1st Inclusive, 1918. [Cleveland]: [The Museum], 1918. p. 24, no. 43
    Hunter, George Leland. Beauvais-Boucher Tapestries. New York: 1919. Mentioned: p. 29; Reproduced: p. 244
    Catalogue of the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss collection : bequest of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, 1944. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944. Mentioned: p. 66; Reproduced: Plate XXIX archive.org
    Underhill, Gertrude. "Tapestries." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 31, no. 6 (June 1944): 102–103, and 93. Mentioned: pp. 102–103; Reproduced: p. 93 25141134
    “The Chinese Fair.” Bulletin - The Minneapolis Institute of Arts. XXXV (May 1946) p. 89
    Bernard-Maitre, Henri. “Les Tapisseries Chinoises De François Boucher À Pékin.” Bulletin De La Société De L'histoire De L'art Français / Société De L'histoire De L'art Français (1951) pp. 9–10. pp. 9–10
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 318 archive.org
    Milliken, William Mathewson. The Cleveland Museum of Art Collections. [Place of publication not identified]: [publisher not identified], 1960. Mentioned: p. 114 archive.org
    Hôtel de Ville (Beauvais, France). Trois siècles de tapisseries de Beauvais: exposition organisée a l'occasion du tricentenaire de la fondation de la manufacture royale de tapisseries : Hôtel de Ville, Beauvais, 19 juin-30 septembre 1964. [Beauvais]: [publisher not identified], 1964. no. 24
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 135 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 135 archive.org
    Jarry, Madeleine. “Wealth of Boucher Tapestries in American Museums.” Magazine Antiques 102 (August 1972). pp. 222–231 search.ebscohost.com
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 178 archive.org
    Jarry, Madeleine. China und Europa: Der Einfluss Chinas auf die Angewandten Künste Europas. Stuttgart: Klett-Cotta, 1981. p. 28
    Jarry, Madeleine. "The Wealth of Boucher Tapestries in American Museums." Antiques (1972). Reproduced: p. 28
    Bertrand, Pascal-François. 1990. "La seconde "Tenture Chinoise" tissée à Beauvais et Aubusson: relations entre Oudry, Boucher et Dumons". Gazette Des Beaux-Arts / Fondée Par Charles Blanc. 6: 173–184. pp. 173–184
    Turner, Evan H. Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. p. 95
    Rado, Mei Mei. “Qing Imperial Encounters with European Tapestries: The ‘Tenture Chinoise’ and Beyond.” In Arachné / Textes Rassemblés Et Édités Pascal-François Bertrand and Audrey Nassieu Maupas, editors. Rennes: Presses universitaires de Rennes, 2017. pp. 119–135, footnote 83
  • The Porcelain Connection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 22-August 15, 1982).
    Juxtapositions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (September 11-October 10, 1965).
    Three Centuries of Beauvais Tapestries. Hôtel de Beauvais, Paris, France (June 19-September 30, 1964).
    Trois siecles de tapisseries de Beauvais: 1664-1964. Hotel de Ville, Beauvais, France (June 19-September 30, 1964).
    Art, A Means to World Understanding. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 16-April 10, 1949).
    Loan Exhibition of Tapestries. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 5-December 1, 1918).
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