Carpet (Music)
Maker
Savonnerie Manufactory
(1627 - 2001)
Additional Title(s)
- La Musique
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Date1670- 1687
Mediumwool, linen, and bast; with repairs and later inserts in wool, cotton, and linen.
Dimensions188 x 320 in. (477.5 x 812.8 cm.)
DescriptionThe carpet has a ground of foliated scrolls. There is a central reserve of strapwork within which are vegetal and floral motifs, cartouches, and trophies. At either end are reserves with classical figures.
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Label TextBought by Henry Huntington from the collection of banker J. Pierpont Morgan, this carpet is from a series of ninety-three originally woven for Louis XIV to line the floor of the Grand Galerie of the Louvre palace. Its design draws upon a complex mixture of emblems to convey the king’s accomplishments in the realms of art and science. On this carpet, music is embodied through depictions of the muses of poetry and music.Status
On viewObject number15.3
Savonnerie Manufactory
1719/84; frame of later date (probably nineteenth-century).
Object number: 11.41
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Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
1738-1740 or 1767; frame, 1909-1910.
Object number: 9.32