Caption

Tapestry covering, provenance, depiction of flowers, floral ornaments, and a deer. Decorative fabric intended for interior furnishings—furniture upholstery, tapestries, draperies suspended from below with surrounding flowers. Colors: beige, brown, pink, red, and white. Post–mid-18th century. Possible places of origin: Beauvais or Aubusson. Fabric; height 57 cm, width 62 cm., An oval textile fragment with frayed edges is mounted on a pale background and partially wrapped with off-white fabric tape; the textile shows a central animal figure bending downward surrounded by floral and foliage motifs, with colors including muted brown, beige, faded green, dusty pink, deep red, and small areas of blue, and the mounted piece displays loose threads and worn areas across its surface.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_186

License type

Rights managed

Available size

94.2Mb (6.3Mb) / 18.3in x 20.0in / 5487 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tapestry covering provenance depiction flowers floral ornaments deer Decorative fabric intended interior furnishings furniture upholstery tapestries draperies suspended surrounding flowers Colors beige brown pink red white Post–mid-18th century Possible places origin Beauvais Aubusson Fabric height 57 cm width 62 cm oval textile fragment frayed edges mounted pale background partially wrapped off-white fabric tape textile central animal figure bending downward surrounded floral foliage motifs colors muted brown faded green dusty pink deep red small areas blue mounted piece displays loose threads worn areas across surface.