Armrest

1754–56

Not on view

This tapestry panel is part of a set of twelve armchairs and two settees ordered in Paris in 1753 by Baron Johann Ernst Bernstorff, Danish ambassador to the court of Versailles between 1744 and 1751. After returning to Denmark, Bernstorff commissioned this seat furniture for the tapestry room of his new residence in Copenhagen that was hung with four wall tapestries of the Amours des Dieux series woven at the Beauvais Manufactory. The tapestry covers are woven with animal and bird subjects after designs by the painter Jean-Baptiste Oudry (1686–1755). For a fuller description of the entire set, see, e.g., MMA 35.145.1.

Artwork Details

Overview

Provenance

Title: Armrest
Manufactory: Beauvais
Designer: Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, Paris 1686–1755 Beauvais)
Workshop director: woven under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Oudry (French, Paris 1686–1755 Beauvais)
Workshop director: and André Charlemagne Charron (French, active 1754–80)
Date: 1754–56
Culture: French, Beauvais
Medium: Wool and silk
Dimensions: H. 12 x W. 8 in. (approx.) (30.5 x 20.3 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit Line: Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1935
Object Number: 35.145.18c
Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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