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Title: The Audience of the Emperor from the series The Story of the Emperor of China
Designer:
Guy Louis Vernansal the Elder (French, Fontainebleau 1648–1729 Paris)
Designer:
Jean-Baptiste Belin de Fontenay the Elder (French, Caen 1653–1715 Paris)
Designer:
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (French, Lille 1636–1699 London)
Manufactory:
Beauvais
Date: designed ca. 1685–90, woven ca. 1685–1740
Culture: French, Beauvais
Medium: Wool, silk (19-20 warps per inch, 8 per cm.)
Dimensions: 10 ft. 3 1/2 in. × 15 ft. 3 1/4 in. (313.7 × 465.5 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit Line: Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1948
Object Number: 48.71
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