Possibly commissioned by the French crown for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and woven between July 12, 1756 and March 18, 1758 OR possibly commissioned by Cottin (possibly Jean Cottin, also known as Jean-Baptiste Cotton de Houssayes, a medical doctor and the librarian of the Sorbonne) and woven between September 5, 1761 and April 23, 1763; an unidentified European nobleman; William T. Blodgett (1823-1875), New York, from 1871; by descent to his daughter, Miss Eleanor Blodgett (1855-1930), New York, by 1875; sold to French & Company, New York, February 26, 1917; sold to Charles Deering (1852-1927), as a pair but individually framed, December 17 or 18, 1918 [recorded in Copies of Bills from French and Co. to Deering Collection; copy in curatorial object file]; by descent to his two daughters, Marion Deering (Mrs. Chauncey McCormick, 1886-1965) and Barbara Deering (Mrs. Richard Ely Danielson, 1888-1987), 1927; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1943.