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Six-fold Screen

Maker Savonnerie Manufactory (1627 - 2001)

Makerprobably from the designs by Alexandre-Francois Desportes (French, 1661 - 1743)

Additional Title(s)

paravent

Collections

European Decorative Art Highlights

ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS

Date1719/84; frame of later date (probably nineteenth-century).

Mediumwool and linen; modern wooden interior frame; gessoed and gilded beech (?) exterior frame; brass hinges and metal upholstery tacks; modern linen and silk linings.

Dimensions69 1/2 × 24 in. (176.5 × 61 cm.) 69 1/2 × 24 × 12 in. (176.5 × 61 × 30.5 cm.)

DescriptionA six fold screen with inset tapestry panels with designs of animals, flowers, and fruit.

Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens

Status

Not on view

Label TextStrategically placed in an elegant interior, paravents were used as shields from drafts. This particular screen’s six panels feature an arbor surrounding a variety of animals and birds. The Savonnerie Manufactory typically reserved its folding screens exclusively for the French royal family. The size of this example indicates that it was intended for use in a private apartment rather than a public parade room.

Object number11.41

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Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory

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Object number: 9.27

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Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory

tapestry covers: mid 18th Century; chair frames: 19th Century

Object number: 9.29

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Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory

Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern

Object number: 9.30

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Object number: 9.31

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Object number: 9.20

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Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory

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Object number: 9.21

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Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory

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Object number: 9.22

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Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory

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Object number: 9.23

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Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory

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Object number: 9.24

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Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory

Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern

Object number: 9.25

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Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory

Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern

Object number: 9.26

Tapestry-Covered Firescreen

Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory

1738-1740 or 1767; frame, 1909-1910.

Object number: 9.32