Editing François Boucher (section)

==Theatrical and tapestry designs==
[[File:François Boucher - La Nymphe Callisto, séduite par Jupiter sous les traits de Diane (1759).jpg|thumb|''[[Jupiter and Callisto (Boucher, 1759)|Jupiter and Callisto]]'', 1759 ([[Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art]], Kansas City)]]
Along with his painting, Boucher also designed theater costumes and sets, and the ardent intrigues of the comic operas of [[Charles Simon Favart]] closely paralleled his own style of painting. [[Tapestry]] design was also a concern. For the [[Beauvais tapestry]] workshops he first designed a series of ''Fêtes italiennes'' ("Italian festivals") in 1736, which proved to be very successful and often rewoven over the years, and then, commissioned in 1737, a suite of the story of [[Cupid and Psyche]].<ref>Kathryn B. Hiesinger, "The Sources of François Boucher's 'Psyche' Tapestries" ''Philadelphia Museum of Art Bulletin'' '''72''' No. 314 (November 1976), pp. 7–23.</ref> During two decades' involvement with the Beauvais tapestry workshops Boucher produced designs for six series of hangings in all, like [[:File:Designed by François Boucher, French - Tapestry showing Psyche and the Basketmaker - Google Art Project.jpg|the tapestry showing Psyche and the Basketmaker from 1741 to 1742]].

Boucher was also called upon for designs for court festivities organized by that section of the King's household called the [[Menus-Plaisirs du Roi]] and for the opera and for royal châteaux [[Palace of Versailles|Versailles]], [[Château de Fontainebleau|Fontainebleau]] and [[Choisy-le-Roi|Choisy]]. His designs for all of the aforementioned augmented his earlier reputation, resulting in many engravings from his work and even reproduction of his designs on [[porcelain]] and [[biscuit-ware]] at the [[Vincennes porcelain|Vincennes]] and [[Manufacture nationale de Sèvres|Sèvres]] factories. The death of [[Jean-Baptiste Oudry|Oudry]] in 1755 put an end to its contribution to Beauvais but his collaboration with the Gobelins lasted until 1765, when he stepped down from his position as an inspector.