Caption

Tapestry covering, provenance, depiction of flowers, floral ornaments, and a deer; decorative fabric for interior furnishings, upholstery or drapery suspended from below with flowers surrounding. Colors: beige, brown, pink, red, and white. Post–mid-18th century. Possibly Beauvais or Aubusson. Fabric. Height 57 cm, width 62 cm., A worn, irregularly shaped textile with a central circular scene showing an animal with slender legs and antlers bending down amid a muted landscape, surrounded by garlands of flowers and foliage; the textile features draped ribbon-like swags at the lower edge and decorative tassel-like elements at the sides. Visible colors include shades of beige and brown in the background, green in the foliage, pink and red in the flowers and swags, cream and off-white in the floral garlands, and small accents of blue. The textile shows frayed edges and areas of wear and discoloration, mounted against a light gray background.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_185

License type

Rights managed

Available size

94.2Mb (7.1Mb) / 18.3in x 20.0in / 5487 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tapestry covering provenance depiction flowers floral ornaments deer decorative fabric interior furnishings upholstery drapery suspended flowers surrounding Colors beige brown pink red white Post–mid-18th century Beauvais Aubusson Fabric Height 57 cm width 62 cm worn irregularly shaped textile central circular scene showing animal slender legs antlers bending down muted landscape surrounded garlands foliage textile features draped ribbon- swags lower edge decorative tassel- elements sides Visible colors include shades background green cream off-white floral garlands small accents blue frayed edges areas wear discoloration mounted light gray background.