The Pastoral Amusements, () is a series of tapestries designed between 1720 and 1730The Burlington Magazine, Vol. 133, No. 1057 (Apr., 1991), pp. 246-248 by Jean-Baptiste Oudry for Noël-Antoine de Mérou, then director of the Royal Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory. The first production of the designs took place at Beauvais in 1731.H. N. Opperman, Observations on the Tapestry Designs by J. B. Oudry, Beauvais Memorial Art Museum Bulletin, 1968-9 After enjoying huge success the series was later adapted and further developed at Aubusson by Jean-Baptiste Huet the elder (d. 1811).
There are eight designs in the original series Le cheval fondu Colin-maillard La Bergère Le pied de Boeuf Le joueur d'Osselets La Balançoire Le joueur de broches Le joueur de musette
References J. Badin, Tapisseries de Beauvais, Paris, 1909 D. Chevalier, Tapisseries d'Aubusson et de Felletin, Paris, 1988