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Portiere with the Chauvelin arms from a set called a Chancellerie

designed 1679 and 1700, borders ca. 1720, woven 1728–30
Not on view
In the center of the tapestry are the arms of France and Navarre within collars of orders of Saint Michel and Saint Esprit.

In each corner of the borders are coats-of-arms. Described in heraldic terms as argent, head of wild cabbage sinople uprooted, stalk entwined by serpent or, head upraised, these are the armorials of Chauvelin des Grosbois et de Beauregard.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Portiere with the Chauvelin arms from a set called a Chancellerie
  • Designer: Claude Audran III (French, Lyons 1658–1734 Paris)
  • Manufactory: Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins (French, established 1662)
  • Maker: Workshop of Etienne-Claude Le Blond
  • Patron: Commissioned by Louis XV, King of France (French, Versailles 1710–1774 Versailles)
  • Date: designed 1679 and 1700, borders ca. 1720, woven 1728–30
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Wool, silk (21-23 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.)
  • Dimensions: 11 ft. 7 1/2 in. × 9 ft. 2 in. (354.3 × 279.4 cm)
  • Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1962
  • Object Number: 62.91
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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