Fragments of a Lower Border
Medium
Silk, wool and metal thread; modern frame carved and gilded wood.
Dimensions
a) 48-1/2 x 77 x 26-1/4 in. (123.2 x 195.6 x 66.7 cm); b) 1 ft. 9 3/4 in. x 5 ft. 11 1/2 in. (55.2 x 181.6 cm); c) 2 ft. x 6 ft. 5 in. (61 x 195.6 cm); d, e) Each 3 x 15 in. (7.6 x 38.1 cm)
Classification
Textiles-Tapestries
Culture
French
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession Number
14.40.783a–e
Tags
About the Artist
Jean Lemoine de Lorrain|Claude Guy Hallé|Bon Boullogne|Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins|Jean Jans the Younger ( |French|French|French|French) · 1638 |1652 |1649 |1662 |1644 –1713 |1736 |1717 |1799 |1723
1638–1713|French, Paris 1652–1736 Paris|French, Paris 1649–1717 Paris|French, established 1662|French, 1644–1723