Allégorie des métiers (Allegory of trades)
Aubusson tapestry woven by the Braquenié workshop.
1958.
A curious cartoon where, against a vaguely hexagonal (reference to France, often referred to as “l’hexagone”) star-shaped background are pictured the family, traditional trades (fisherman, farmer,...) placed in front of gasometres, cranes and other emblems of modernity : a hymn to reconstruction, a political allegory, a work of propaganda,... ?