Take a look behind the scenes as textile conservators and handlers prepare a seventeenth-century 29-foot carpet for installation in A King’s Carpet: Louis XIV and the Savonnerie, on view September 8, 2026 – March 5, 2028.
Installing the Grande Galerie carpet no. 11 (Music, reweave)
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