les oiseaux (birds)
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Legoueix workshop.
n°4/6.
Circa 1970.
It was in 1953 that Jean Picart le Doux proposed to Chaye to become his assistant and encouraged him to design tapestry cartoons : he would produce numerous bucolic cartoons, but also views of Normandy (Mont Saint Michel, Honfleur, regattas,...) whence he came.
Here birds and trelliswork cohabit in a style very reminiscent of Picart le Doux.
