Caption

Ornamental tapestry, This late 18th-century Flemish tapestry height 517 cm, width 460 cm — cream, olive, and sand ground with pink, green, and blue ornament — features a symmetrical design: a central rosette surrounded by two floral and leafy wreaths; corner compositions of horns filled with flowers, lyres, and intertwined acanthus leaves; an overall frame of leaves and rosettes; and a border with similar motifs. Materials: woven decorative fabric tapestry., A large square textile with alternating vertical bands of plain tan fabric and ornate patterned panels; the patterned panels show a dark olive background with floral and foliate motifs in shades of pink, rose, red, yellow, green, and cream, including a central circular medallion composed of concentric floral rings; the tan bands and border are a muted beige, and there are visible areas of wear and small holes in some patterned sections; the overall colors visible are tan, olive, pink, rose, red, yellow, green, and cream.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_056

License type

Rights managed

Available size

89.2Mb (7.4Mb) / 20.0in x 17.3in / 6000 x 5196 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ornamental tapestry late 18th-century Flemish tapestry height 517 cm width 460 cm cream olive sand ground pink green blue ornament features symmetrical design central rosette surrounded two floral leafy wreaths corner compositions horns filled flowers lyres intertwined acanthus leaves frame leaves rosettes border motifs Materials woven decorative fabric tapestry large square textile alternating vertical bands plain tan fabric ornate patterned panels patterned panels dark olive background floral foliate motifs shades rose red yellow central circular medallion composed concentric floral rings tan bands muted beige visible areas wear small holes patterned sections colors visible tan cream.