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Grande Galerie carpet no. 11 (Music, reweave)

Workshop director Woven in the workshop of Jeanne Haffrey (Veuve Lourdet) French
Designer After designs by Charles Le Brun French
Delivered August 26, 1688
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 524
This impressive carpet was produced at the conclusion of the Grande Galerie project. It was woven after the same painted design (cartoon) as the eleventh carpet of the series, which the king had presented to the ambassadors of Siam (present-day Thailand) when they visited Versailles in 1685. The iconography revolves around the subject of music. Images of low-relief sculpture represent Euterpe, the muse of music, and Erato, the muse of erotic lyrical poetry, who is accompanied by a cupid playing the trumpet. Symbols associated with music appear on many Grande Galerie carpets. Here, the numerous versions of colorful acanthus scrolls dancing on the signature black background evoke the endless variations on the same theme characteristic of Baroque music.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Grande Galerie carpet no. 11 (Music, reweave)
  • Manufactory: Savonnerie Manufactory (Manufactory, established 1626; Manufacture Royale, established 1663)
  • Workshop director: Woven in the workshop of Jeanne Haffrey (Veuve Lourdet) (French, ca. 1640–1719)
  • Designer: After designs by Charles Le Brun (French, Paris 1619–1690 Paris) , and studio
  • Date: Delivered August 26, 1688
  • Culture: French, Paris
  • Medium: Wool, knotted and cut pile (symmetrical knot, 90 knots per square inch)
  • Dimensions: Confirmed: 29 ft. 7 1/2 in. × 16 ft. 1 in., 213 lb. (903 × 490.2 cm, 96.6 kg)
    confimed, wt of carpet on tube: 259 lb. (117.5 kg)
  • Classification: Textiles-Rugs
  • Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1952
  • Object Number: 52.118
  • Curatorial Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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