Panel: Spring

The Cleveland Museum of Art catalogs Panel: Spring as tapestry (France, early 18th century · c. 1715).

WHY IT’S INTERESTING

Courtiers and aristocrats anxious to model their lifestyles on the king also commissioned works from the same state manufactories that produced tapestries, carpets, and upholstery for the French monarchy. Established in the early 1600s, the Savonnerie factory provided both domestic furnishings for the king’s palaces an

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A CLOSER LOOK

The museum identifies this tapestry as Savonnerie knotted-pile (144 symmetrical rug knots per square inch); wool, hemp and credits Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot Workshops (French, est. 1627).

The museum's collection notes: Courtiers and aristocrats anxious to model their lifestyles on the king also commissioned works from the same state manufactories that produced tapestries, carpets, and upholstery for the French monarchy. Established in the early 1600s, the Savonnerie factory provided both domestic furnishings for the king’s palaces and diplomatic gifts for foreign heads of state. The double coat of arms in this tapestry suggests that it was made for a count and countess who married in 1717. One of a group of four tapestries depicting the seasons, this work depicts the abundant flora and fauna of spring. The Cleveland Museum of Art rotates this tapestry with

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