Caption

Tapestry covering, creator, unknown provenance. Floral ornaments with wildflowers and landscapes; decorative fabric for interior furnishings, draperies and furniture upholstery, featuring tapestries with flowers around the bottom. Colors: brown, tobacco, olive, pink, beige, and light blue. Dated after the mid-18th century. Possibly from Beauvais or Aubusson. Height 57 cm, width 62 cm., A worn, rounded textile with irregular protrusions at the top and sides rests on a pale background; the fabric shows a faded scene with a few animals near a fallen tree, surrounded by floral garlands and a group of flowers along the lower edge, and draped fabric forming a curved border; visible colors include tan, brown, pink, red, green, blue, and hints of cream.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_187

License type

Rights managed

Available size

94.2Mb (6.5Mb) / 18.3in x 20.0in / 5487 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tapestry covering creator unknown provenance Floral ornaments wildflowers landscapes decorative fabric interior furnishings draperies furniture upholstery featuring tapestries flowers bottom Colors brown tobacco olive pink beige light blue Dated mid-18th century Beauvais Aubusson Height 57 cm width 62 cm worn rounded textile irregular protrusions top sides rests pale background fabric faded scene animals near fallen tree surrounded floral garlands group lower edge draped fabric forming curved border visible colors include tan red green blue hints cream.