Length of upholstery silk
Philippe de Lasalle
1760–1765
Medium
Silk
Dimensions
L. 55 3/4 x W. 27 5/8 inches (141.6 x 70.2 cm)
Classification
Textiles-Woven
Culture
French, Lyons
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers and Director's Discretionary Funds, 1978
Accession Number
1978.82
Tags
Roses
About the Artist
Philippe de Lasalle · 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...