Chintz wall panel
early 18th century
Medium
Resist dyed and painted cotton
Dimensions
Overall: 110 x 64 1/2 in. (279.4 x 163.8 cm)
Classification
Textiles-Painted and Dyed
Culture
Indian, Coromandel Coast
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Gift of Titi Halle and Francesca Galloway, 2010
Accession Number
2010.496
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Jean Berain · 1640–1711
**Jean Bérain the Elder (1640–1711)** was a French draughtsman, designer, painter, and engraver of ornament who served as the central artistic force in the Royal office of the Menus-Plaisirs du Roi. Born in Saint-Mihiel in the Spanish Netherlands (now France) to a master gunsmith, he spent his career in Paris and became one of the defining figures of late 17th-century French decorative arts. Béra...