Caption

Tapestry covering, provenance, subject: flowers, floral ornaments, dogs, boys, pastoral scenes; function: interior furnishing/tapestry for furniture upholstery; scene: on grass with draperies suspended above and flowers around. Colors: beige, cream, green, ochre, blue, and red. Date: post–mid-18th century. Possible origin: Aubusson or Beauvais. Material: fabrics. Dimensions: height 71 cm, width 59 cm., A rectangular woven textile with a rounded top edge is displayed against a pale gray background, featuring a central scene in muted beige and olive tones framed by a wide deep pink border; the central area shows a pastoral motif with a figure in pale colors and blue garments seated on grassy earth in shades of green and brown, surrounded by floral and leafy embellishments in soft greens, pinks, and cream, and topped by a decorative swag and ribbon-like elements in beige and gold tones; the pink border contains floral corner decorations in green and light pink, and the textile is backed and edged with a narrow white fabric trim, with two small metal hanging loops visible at the top.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_174

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Rights managed

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77.3Mb (6.2Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4501 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tapestry covering provenance subject flowers floral ornaments dogs boys pastoral scenes function interior furnishing tapestry furniture upholstery scene grass draperies suspended Colors beige cream green ochre blue red Date post–mid-18th century Possible origin Aubusson Beauvais Material fabrics Dimensions height 71 cm width 59 cm rectangular woven textile rounded top edge displayed pale gray background featuring central scene muted beige olive tones framed wide deep pink border central area pastoral motif figure pale colors blue garments seated grassy earth shades brown surrounded floral leafy embellishments soft greens pinks topped decorative swag ribbon- elements gold tones pink border contains floral corner decorations light pink textile backed edged narrow white fabric trim two small metal hanging loops visible top.