Birds
Aubusson tapestry woven by the cooperative Tapisseries de France.
1952.
Perrot began his work as a cartoonist at the end of the war, producing nearly 500 cartoons, with many commissions from the State, most of which were woven in Aubusson. His highly decorative and shimmering style is very characteristic: a profusion of butterflies or birds, most often, stands out against a vegetal background, in the taste of mille-fleurs tapestries (which Dom Robert also drew inspiration from).
If, in tapestry, birds are recurring in Perrot (like a trademark!), the background with a landscape pattern is rare. However, the artist produced many gouaches as he traveled (Doubs, Auvergne, Collioure, the Canaries…), a sensitive work that remained, for the most part, confidential.
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