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The Departure of the Ottoman Embassy from the Tuileries

Workshop of Le Febvre
Workshop director Matthieu Monmerqué French
After a design by Charles Parrocel French

1734–1736/37

Not on view

In this tapestry woven after a painting by Parrocel, Mehmed Efendi, the Ottoman ambassador of 1721, processes through the Tuileries on horseback—accompanied by his entourage, flanked by ranks of French soldiers, and watched over by teeming Parisian crowds. Products from luxury goods makers were used to cultivate diplomatic relationships. The ambassador visited the Gobelins factory, where he saw skilled weavers working from painted models and commented on the naturalism and emotion of their woven human figures.

The Departure of the Ottoman Embassy from the Tuileries, Workshop of Le Febvre and, Wool and silk, French — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: The Departure of the Ottoman Embassy from the Tuileries

Workshop director: Workshop of Le Febvre and

Workshop director: Matthieu Monmerqué (French, active ca. 1725–1749)

Designer: After a design by Charles Parrocel (French, Paris 1688–1752 Paris)

Date: 1734–1736/37

Culture: French

Medium: Wool and silk

Dimensions: 13 ft. 9 3/8 in. × 19 ft. 2 5/16 in., 379.2 lb. (420 × 585 cm, 172 kg)

Classification: Textiles-Tapestries

Credit Line: Mobilier National, Paris (GMTT/184/2)

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