| If you are looking to add a special Italian flair to your | | | | Another fantastic example of Boucher's work is The |
| home decor, then you might want to consider | | | | Children By the Lake wall hanging. Boucher captured |
| tapestries designed by Francois Boucher. He created | | | | the innocence of the children perfectly. Surrounded by |
| a masterpiece known as Noble Pastorale series, which | | | | the beauty of nature and the companionship of the |
| was a series of 6 tapestries measuring over 12 feet | | | | goat, the children do not worry about anything and |
| by 19 feet long. The series was broken up and has | | | | bask in the sunshine. |
| evolved into separate pieces of the one unifying work. | | | | Boucher is a master at capturing emotion in his work. |
| One of his most famous sections of Noble Pastorale is | | | | The Children By the Lake tapestry is just one example |
| the Romance in the Country tapestry. It depicts a | | | | of his skill in this department. If you look at The Old Mill |
| lovely country scene with couples in various stages of | | | | tapestry, you feel the gloom of the old mill as it decays, |
| courtship relaxing around the lake. There are also | | | | forgotten by the simple farmers that graze their sheep |
| pastorale animals mingling in with the couples. The | | | | through the pasture on the other side of the lake. The |
| word Pastorale denotes countryside and farmland, and | | | | atmosphere of scene denotes not only gloom, but a |
| originally referred to shepherds and the pasture. All of | | | | sense of adventure. Youngsters from his other |
| Boucher's Italian Noble Pastorale tapestries contain | | | | scenes probably want to go see the inside of the old |
| elements of the farm life, in its beauty and simplicity. | | | | mill. |