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Panel: Spring

c. 1715
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manufacturer

Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot Workshops

(French, est. 1627)
Culture
France, early 18th century
Medium
Savonnerie knotted-pile (144 symmetrical rug knots per square inch); wool, hemp
Measurements
Overall: 274.3 x 219.7 cm (108 x 86 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1952.14
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Location
215 French, German, and Dutch
Print

Description

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 another from this group. The other two tapestries in the suite can be seen at the Toledo Museum of Art.
A vertically oriented tapestry panel in muted yellows, golds, and light-blues centers a vase on a pedestal overflowing with flowers against a yellow background. Two goats and two lambs flank the base of the pedestal, looking out. Above the flowers, a gold circle frames blue, a bar running across on which a bird perches and other swoops under. At the top center hang two coats of arms in an oval frame with a crown on top.

Panel: Spring

c. 1715

Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot Workshops

(French, est. 1627)
France, early 18th century

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