L’étang (the pond)
Aubusson tapestry woven in the Legoueix workshop.
With signed label, n°6/6.
Circa 1965.
It was in 1953 that Jean Picart le Doux offered Chaye the chance to become his assistant and encouraged him to create tapestry designs: he went on to produce numerous bucolic designs, as well as views of Normandy (Mont Saint-Michel, Honfleur, regattas, etc.), his native region.
An exact reproduction of the ‘Nénuphars’ design; only the green background has been altered.
Bibliography:
Simon Chaye tapisseries contemporaines, Editions Librairie des musées, 2014
