Caption

Tapestry covering, creator unknown, provenance, depicts flowers, leaves, floral ornaments, foxes, storks, boys; decorative fabric likely used as interior furnishing, tapestry or upholstery, evoking fairy-tale garden scenes with hanging draperies at the bottom and flowers around. Colors: beige, light pink, sky blue, light olive. Post–mid-18th century; possibly Aubusson or Beauvais origin. Height 57.5 cm, width 67 cm., An embroidered textile with a wide pink border surrounding a central beige field that features a decorative scene; the central area shows a group of animals near a blue and white vase, framed by floral garlands and leafy motifs in shades of green and pink; the lower portion displays a draped swag of flowers and ribbons in colors including cream, blue, purple, and gold, with tassel-like elements at the sides; overall colors visible include pink, beige, green, blue, cream, purple, gold, and hints of brown.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_173

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (9.2Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tapestry covering creator unknown provenance depicts flowers leaves floral ornaments foxes storks boys decorative fabric interior furnishing tapestry upholstery evoking fairy-tale garden scenes hanging draperies bottom flowers Colors beige light pink sky blue light olive Post–mid-18th century Aubusson Beauvais origin Height 57.5 cm width 67 cm embroidered textile wide pink border surrounding central field features decorative scene central area group animals near blue white vase framed floral garlands leafy motifs shades green lower portion displays draped swag ribbons colors cream purple gold tassel- elements sides colors visible include hints brown.