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Philippe de Lasalle|Maison Pernon
late 18th century
Medium
Silk
Dimensions
L. 31 x W. 8 3/4 inches 78.7 x 22.2 cm
Classification
Textiles-Woven
Culture
French, Lyons
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Herman A. Elsberg, 1926
Accession Number
26.127
About the Artist
Philippe de Lasalle|Maison Pernon · 1723–1804
Philippe de Lasalle (1723–1804) was born on September 2 in the small town of Seyssel in the Ain department of France, the son of a local finance official. Orphaned at just one year old, he was raised by relatives and moved to Lyon at age fourteen to live with an uncle. There, he began his artistic training as an apprentice to the painter Daniel Sarrabat, a prominent Lyonnais figure known for instr...