Caption

Figural tapestry; flowers, floral ornaments, pastoral scenes, fabrics, interior furnishings, decorative tapestries, interior decorations, borders. In the center foreground, under a tree, a sleeping girl holds a sickle; above her, a young boy kneels, raising a finger to his lips. In the background is a building with a double conical roof and a distant horizon. Border with floral motifs. Colors: brown, green, and sand. 2nd half of the 18th century, France. Materials: fabric. Height 280 cm; width 195 cm., A woven scene on a rectangular textile shows a large central panel with a landscape and two human figures surrounded by a decorative floral border. The border contains a repeating floral and leaf motif in shades of brown, beige, green, blue, and muted gold against a darker ground. Inside, the scene uses earthy tones with a muted greenish-brown background, darker green foliage, and touches of pale beige and cream for flowers and highlights. In the foreground a reclining figure draped in pale blue and cream garments lies on the ground next to a standing figure wearing reddish-brown and beige clothing. A large tree with green and olive leaves and cream blossoms arches above them, and behind them is a rounded, terraced mound rendered in lighter tan and cream tones with surrounding foliage in blue-green hues. The overall palette is subdued, with brown, green, blue, beige, cream, and muted gold appearing throughout the textile.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_124

License type

Rights managed

Available size

75.1Mb (6.6Mb) / 14.6in x 20.0in / 4376 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Figural tapestry flowers floral ornaments pastoral scenes fabrics interior furnishings decorative tapestries interior decorations borders center foreground under tree sleeping girl holds sickle young boy kneels raising finger lips background building double conical roof distant horizon Border floral motifs Colors brown green sand 2nd half 18th century France Materials fabric Height 280 cm width 195 cm woven scene rectangular textile large central panel landscape two human figures surrounded decorative floral border border contains repeating floral leaf motif shades beige blue muted gold darker ground Inside scene uses earthy tones muted greenish-brown background darker green foliage touches pale beige cream highlights foreground reclining figure draped pale blue cream garments lies ground next standing figure wearing reddish-brown beige clothing large tree olive leaves cream blossoms arches them rounded terraced mound rendered lighter tan cream tones surrounding foliage blue-green hues palette subdued muted gold appearing textile.