This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.
Gratefully built with ACNLPatternTool
This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.
Use your arrow keys to navigate the tabs below, and your tab key to choose an item
Title: Chair back
Designer:
Louis Tessier (French, 1719/20–1781) and
Designer:
Maurice Jacques (French, 1712–1784)
Manufactory:
Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins (French, established 1662)
Maker:
Low-warp workshop of Jacques Neilson (French, 1714–1788)
Patron:
Commissioned for George William Coventry, 6th earl of Coventry (Croome Court, Worcestershire, England)
Date: 1766–71
Culture: French, Paris
Medium: Wool and silk (22-24 warps per inch, 9-10 per centimeter).
Dimensions: 27 × 26 1/2 in. (68.6 × 67.3 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit Line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Object Number: 58.75.23a
The Met's Libraries and Research Centers provide unparalleled resources for research and welcome an international community of students and scholars.
The Met Collection API is where all makers, creators, researchers, and dreamers can connect to the most up-to-date data and public domain images for The Met collection. Open Access data and public domain images are available for unrestricted commercial and noncommercial use without permission or fee.
We continue to research and examine historical and cultural context for objects in The Met collection. If you have comments or questions about this object record, please complete and submit this form. The Museum looks forward to receiving your comments.