Caption

Tapestry armchair seat cover, unknown provenance. Design: flowers, floral ornaments, hares, foxes. Materials/subject: fabrics, decorative fabrics, tapestry upholstery/draperies with flowers around. Colors: beige, brown, ochre, pink, red, blue. Date: post–mid-18th century. Possible origin: Aubusson, or Beauvais . Dimensions: height 58 cm, width 61 cm., A worn circular textile with frayed edges is mounted on a pale background and partly covered by a white fabric border that is folded and pinned at several points; the central textile shows a faded scene with muted browns and beiges forming a landscape, a reddish figure against greens and olive tones, and areas of pink and rose-colored flowers, with touches of blue and cream among tangled threads and worn fibers.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_184

License type

Rights managed

Available size

94.2Mb (6.4Mb) / 18.3in x 20.0in / 5487 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tapestry armchair seat cover unknown provenance Design flowers floral ornaments hares foxes Materials subject fabrics decorative fabrics tapestry upholstery draperies Colors beige brown ochre pink red blue Date post–mid-18th century Possible origin Aubusson Beauvais Dimensions height 58 cm width 61 cm worn circular textile frayed edges mounted pale background partly covered white fabric border folded pinned several points central textile faded scene muted browns beiges forming landscape reddish figure greens olive tones areas rose-colored flowers touches cream tangled threads worn fibers.