Ilhe Henri

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  • Les fruits d'or (the golden fruits)

       
    Aubusson tapestry woven in the Tabard workshop. With signed label. Circa 1965.
       
    Henri Ilhe, who came to the design of tapestry cartoons late on in his career, still managed to produce from 1964 onwards a considerable number (more than 120, all woven by the Tabard workshop) in an urbane style, incorporating birds and butterflies sporting in and around the gnarled branches of trees and bushes.   “Les fruits d'or” is thus, characteristic of Ilhe’s bucolic inspiration.
  • Chantelune

       
    Aubusson tapestry woven in the Tabard workshop. With signed label, n°EA II. Circa 1970.
            Henri Ilhe, who came to the design of tapestry cartoons late on in his career, still managed to produce from 1964 onwards a considerable number (more than 120, all woven by the Tabard workshop) in an urbane style, incorporating birds and butterflies sporting in and around the gnarled branches of trees and bushes.   “Chantelune” is thus, characteristic of Ilhe’s bucolic inspiration.
     
  • Le merle blanc (the white blackbird)

       
    Aubusson tapestry woven in the Tabard workshop. With signed label. Circa 1965.
          Henri Ilhe, who came to the design of tapestry cartoons late on in his career, still managed to produce from 1964 onwards a considerable number (more than 120, all woven by the Tabard workshop) in an urbane style, incorporating birds and butterflies sporting in and around the gnarled branches of trees and bushes.   With this representation of a bird whose rarity value is equal to that of  a five-legged sheep, Ilhe expresses no ornithological pretention, merely an illustration of the natural world as a collection of singular phenomena.  
     
  • Matines (matins)

       
    Aubusson tapestry woven in the Tabard workshop. With signed label, n°5. Circa 1970.
      Henri Ilhe, who came to the design of tapestry cartoons late on in his career, still managed to produce from 1964 onwards a considerable number (more than 120, all woven by the Tabard workshop) in an urbane style, incorporating birds and butterflies sporting in and around the gnarled branches of trees and bushes.   The title of this piece evokes a certain community of spirit with Dom Robert in the mingling of  rural concerns and monastic  life.    
     
  • L’arbre de vie (Life tree)

     
    Aubusson tapestry woven in theTabard workshop. With signed label, n°5/8. Circa 1970.
     
    Henri Ilhe, who came to the design of tapestry cartoons late on in his career, still managed to produce from 1964 onwards a considerable number (more than 120, all woven by the Tabard workshop) in an urbane style, incorporating birds and butterflies sporting in and around the gnarled branches of trees and bushes. Should this be taken as an interpretation of the tree of life as a symbol of Creation as mentioned in various religious traditions, or more simply as an allegory for Nature with its budding leaves irrigated by a meandering stream ?
  • Petit bois (grove)

        Aubusson tapestry woven in the Tabard workshop. With label, signed by the artist. Circa 1970.     Henri Ilhe, who came to the design of tapestry cartoons late on in his career, still managed to produce from 1964 onwards a considerable number (more than 120, all woven by the Tabard workshop) in an urbane style, incorporating birds and butterflies sporting in and around the gnarled branches of trees and bushes. “Petit bois” is thus, characteristic of Ilhe’s bucolic inspiration.

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