Caption

Three tapestry armchair covers, varietals, provenance, motifs: flowers, floral ornaments, genre scenes, interior furnishings, garlands, furniture upholstery, decorative fabrics, tapestries; scenes: a boy sitting on a hillock playing a flute, b boy watering flowers, c girl sitting on a hillock; 2nd half of the 18th century, Aubusson; fabrics; height 27.5 cm, width 35 cm., An irregularly shaped textile piece mounted on a pale background, bordered by a white fabric frame with folded corners; the central embroidered area shows a worn multicolored scene with a dominant palette of muted gold, beige, red, blue, green, and brown, including a group of soft, frayed thread forms suggesting figures and drapery, a decorative scalloped valance in red and gold tones along the upper edge, and areas of loose, tangled fibers and faded stitching across the surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A11_227

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.3Mb (3.9Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4501 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Three tapestry armchair covers varietals provenance motifs flowers floral ornaments genre scenes interior furnishings garlands furniture upholstery decorative fabrics tapestries scenes boy sitting hillock playing flute b boy watering c girl sitting hillock 2nd half 18th century Aubusson fabrics height 27.5 cm width 35 cm irregularly shaped textile piece mounted pale background bordered white fabric frame folded corners central embroidered area worn multicolored scene dominant palette muted gold beige red blue green brown group soft frayed thread forms suggesting figures drapery decorative scalloped valance gold tones upper edge areas loose tangled fibers faded stitching across surface.