Caption

Tapestry covering, provenance, depicts flowers, floral ornaments, dogs, boys, pastoral scenes; used as interior furnishing, interior decoration, fabric for furniture upholstery; scene on grass with draperies suspended above and flowers around. Colors: beige, cream, green, ochre, blue, and red. Post–mid-18th century; possibly Aubusson or Beauvais. Fabric. Height 71 cm, width 59 cm., A rectangular textile with frayed edges is mounted on a pale background and wrapped with a white cloth border; the central fabric shows a worn tapestry scene in muted beige, tan, brown, and faded green tones with areas of loose threads in yellowish and cream hues and a small patch of dark blue; the tapestry is set against a deep pink or magenta backing visible around its edges; the white cloth border is slightly wrinkled and folded at the corners, and two metal loops are visible at the top.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_175

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.3Mb (5.3Mb) / 15.0in x 20.0in / 4501 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tapestry covering provenance depicts flowers floral ornaments dogs boys pastoral scenes interior furnishing interior decoration fabric furniture upholstery scene grass draperies suspended flowers Colors beige cream green ochre blue red Post–mid-18th century Aubusson Beauvais Fabric Height 71 cm width 59 cm rectangular textile frayed edges mounted pale background wrapped white cloth border central fabric worn tapestry scene muted beige tan brown faded green tones areas loose threads yellowish cream hues small patch dark blue tapestry set deep pink magenta backing visible edges slightly wrinkled folded corners two metal loops top.