Works of Art (27)
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Boucher aux Alentours (the Croome Court tapestry room), 1758–67, Jean-Germain Soufflot, François Boucher, Maurice Jacques, Louis Tessier; Woven in the basse-lisse workshop of Jacques Neilson at the Gobelins manufactory, 1764–71, French, Wool and silk (58.75.1-22) |
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Bridal Chamber of Herse, Tapestry, ca. 1550, Workshop of Willem de Pannemaker (Flemish), Made/manufactured: Brussels, Southern Netherlands, Wool, silk, silver (41.190.135) |
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Camel: From the Berain Grotesques, ca. 1685–89, Designed by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer; Woven at the Beauvais manufactory under the direction of Philippe Behagle or his son of the same name in the late 17th or early 18th century, French, Wool and silk (1977.437.1) |
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Diana and Her Nymphs: From a set of Mythological Scenes, 1644, Laurent de La Hyre; Probably woven in the workshop of Hippolyte de Comans in the Faubourg Saint-Marcel, Paris, before 1662, French (Paris) Wool, silk, and silver-gilt thread (20.44.3) |
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Drowning of Britomartis, 1547–59, Probably designed by Jean Cousin the Elder (French); possibly woven by Pierre II Blasse and Jacques Langlois (both French), Wool and silk (42.57.1) |
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Fabulous Beast (Fragment of a Tapestry), ca. 1420–30, German (Upper Rhineland; Basel), Linen warp with wool weft (1990.211) |
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Kilim, ca. 1800,
Central Anatolia,
Wool, cotton, and silver thread (2006.190) |
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Last Supper, from a set of four tapestries of the Passion, known as the Alba Passion, ca. 1520–30, Bernaert van Orley (Flemish); Probably designed by Pieter de Pannemaker (Flemish), Flemish, Wool, silk, and silver-gilt thread (1975.1.1915) |
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Nine Heroes Tapestries, ca. 1400–1410, South Netherlandish, Wool warp and wefts (47.101.3) |
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Panel with the Triumph of Dionysus, 4th century; Early Byzantine, Egyptian; Said to be from Akhmim, Undyed linen and purple wool, tapestry weave (90.5.873) |
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Scenes from The Story of the Trojan War: The Battle with the Sagittary and the Conference at Achilles' Tent; Andromache and Priam Urging Hector Not to Go to War, 1470–1490, South Netherlands, probably produced through Pasquier Grenier of Tournai, Wool warp; wool wefts with a few silk wefts (52.69, 39.74) |
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Tapestry Fragment With King Arthur (with 32.130.3ab), ca. 1400–1410, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool wefts (47.101.4) |
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Tapestry Square with the Head of Spring, 4th–5th century; Early Byzantine, Egyptian, Polychrome wool, linen (90.5.848) |
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Tapestry with the Annunciation, ca. 1410–1430, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool with a few metallic wefts (45.76) |
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Tapestry: Portrait of Napoleon I, 1808–11, After a painting by Baron François-Pascal-Simon Gérard (French7); Gobelins Royal Manufactory; Workshop of Michel-Henri Cozette (French), High-warp tapestry of wool, silk, and silver-gilt thread (43.99)
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The Collation: From the Fêtes Italiennes (Italian Village Scenes), 1734–36, François Boucher; Woven at the Beauvais workshop under André Charlemagne Charron, 1762, French, Wool and silk (64.145.3) |
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The Concert: From a set of Indo-Chinese Scenes, ca. 1690, Probably woven at the Great Wardrobe (London) under John Vanderbank, 1695–1715 English, Wool and silk (53.165.1), |
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The Crusaders Reach Jerusalem: Scenes from the Gerusalemme Liberata , 1732–39, Domenico Paradisi; Woven at the San Michele manufactory in Rome under Pietro Ferloni, Italian, Wool and silk (92.1.15) |
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The Destruction of the Children of Niobe: From a set of The Horses, early 1630s, Francis Cleyn; Woven at the Mortlake manufactory, 1650–70, English, Wool and silk (36.149.1) |
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The Gathering of Manna: From a set of Old Testament prefigurations of the Eucharist and Passion of Christ, 1595–96,
Designed by Alessandro Allori (Italian, Florentine); workshop of Guasparri di Bartolomeo Papini, Florence,
Italian,
Wool and silk (2004.165) |
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The Harvest: From a set of "Teniers" tapestries, 1712–28, Woven in the workshop of Urban Leyniers and Daniel Leyniers, Flemish (Brussels), Wool and silk (41.190.254) |
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The Liberation of Oriane, ca. 1590–95,
Karel van Mander (Netherlandish); workshop of Frans Spiering, Delft,
Wool and silk (2006.36) |
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The Meeting of Antony and Cleopatra: From a set of The Story of Antony and Cleopatra, ca. 1650, Justus van Egmont; Woven in the workshop of Geraert van Strecken, Flemish (Brussels), Wool, silk, silver, and gilt-metal-wrapped thread (92.1.9) |
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Unicorn in Captivity, ca. 1495–1505, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool, silk, silver, and gilt wefts (37.80.6) |
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Unicorn Leaps Across a Stream, Tapestry, ca. 1495–1505, South Netherlandish, Wool warp, wool, silk, silver, gilt wefts (37.80.3) |
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Woven Tapestry Fragment, 8th century; Umayyad, Iran or Iraq, Wool (50.83) |
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The Triumph of Fame, from a set of The Triumphs of Petrarch, ca. 1502–4, Flemish (probably Brussels), Wool and silk tapestry (1998.205) |
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Thematic Essays (2)
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