Upholstery passementerie

Philippe de Lasalle

second half 18th century

Upholstery passementerie by Philippe de Lasalle

Medium

Silk

Dimensions

L. 240 x W. 1 1/4 inches (609.6 x 3.2 cm)

Classification

Textiles-Trimmings

Culture

French

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Rogers Fund, 1950

Accession Number

50.8c

About the Artist

Philippe de Lasalle · 17231804

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...

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