French, mid to late 18th century, possibly by Leonard Roby, active circa 1750-1789, designs by Etienne Jeaurat, 1699-1789, outdoor village genre scene depicting recruiting officer in military attire raising a toast to a young man seated at a table with other companions, a seated woman culling herbs in left foreground, a sign from the inn reads “A LA BOUTEILLE.”,  frame style border with spiraled acanthus leaves and flowers, and decorative escutcheons at corners, silk and wool, 111 x 76 in.

Provenance: Provenance: Prior provenance not yet documented; 1904, acquired by Charles Mather Ffoulke of Washington, DC; before 1919, consigned by Charles Mather Ffoulke, to French & Co., New York, NY; 1919, purchased from French & Co. by Andrea Fenwick (Mrs. Edgar F. Luckenbach) of Sands Point, NY; 1937, inherited from Andrea Fenwick by Edgar F. Luckenbach; by 1962, inherited from the estate of Edgar F. Luckenbach by John Lewis Luckenbach and Kate Isobel McGregor (Mrs. John Lewis Luckenbach) of Glen Cove, NY; April 11, 1962, Gift of Kate Isobel McGregor to the Brooklyn Museum; Property from the Brooklyn Museum

Publication History:
Fenaille, Maurice. Etat general des tapisseries de la Manufacture des Gobelins depuis son origine jusqu’a jours, 1600-1900. Vol. 1. Paris: Impremiere Nationale/Librairie Hachette et Cie, 1923. p. 172; Ffoulke, Charles Mather, with introduction by Ernest Verlant. The Ffoulke Collection of Tapestries, arranged by Charles M. Ffoulke. New York: Privately printed, 1913. pp. 33, 248-249 (ill.); Property of the Estate of the Late Commodore Edgar F. Luckenbach, Sands Point, L.I. New York: Parke-Bernet Galleries, 1943. pp. 54-55 (ill.); “Outdoor market scene with young couple drinking with recruiting officer, c. 1765-1770.” Study Photographs of Tapestries, catalogued by Adolph S. Cavallo and Thomas P. Campbell, 1914-1995. Getty Research Institute 97.P.7. Original DB ID 3722. http://hdl.handle.net/10020/97p7_308655; Brosens, Koenraad. European Tapestries in the Art Institute of Chicago, edited by Christa C. Mayer Thurman. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2008. p. 316.