Caption

Tapestry hangings, provenance; flowers, floral ornaments; tapestries, interior furnishings, decorative fabrics, weaving; garlands, ribbons, furniture upholstery. Seat with a depiction of a dog sitting on grass, stage surrounded by a floral and acanthus border. Predominant colors: beige background, green, pink, and brown. Backrest with a depiction of a boy in a theatrical costume against a garden background. Stage framed by a floral and acanthus border in the same tone as the seat. Armrests with a depiction of a garland woven from blooming jasmines. 18th century, France; fabrics; height 73.5 cm, width 78.5 cm., A square woven textile with a faded golden yellow border and a central panel showing a pastoral scene; the border features a decorative floral garland in shades of green, brown, pale pink, and cream, with darker brown scrollwork accents at the inner edge. The central panel has a muted beige background and depicts a figure wearing garments in soft pink, cream, and pale green standing amid greenery rendered in olive green, brown, and tan. Surrounding foliage and distant landscape are in shades of green, brown, and beige, and there are small floral accents in pink and cream above the figure. The textile shows slightly frayed edges and some worn areas along the perimeter with threads in yellow and tan.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A13_099

License type

Rights managed

Available size

103.0Mb (10.3Mb) / 20.0in x 20.0in / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Keywords

Tapestry hangings provenance flowers floral ornaments tapestries interior furnishings decorative fabrics weaving garlands ribbons furniture upholstery Seat depiction dog sitting grass stage surrounded floral acanthus border Predominant colors beige background green pink brown Backrest boy theatrical costume garden background Stage framed tone seat Armrests garland woven blooming jasmines 18th century France fabrics height 73.5 cm width 78.5 cm square woven textile faded golden yellow border central panel showing pastoral scene border features decorative floral garland shades pale pink cream darker brown scrollwork accents inner edge central panel muted depicts figure wearing garments soft pink pale green standing greenery rendered olive green tan Surrounding foliage distant landscape small floral accents textile slightly frayed edges worn areas perimeter threads yellow tan.