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Series Title: Four Seasons

Summer: Harvest Scene

designed c. 1535, woven mid- to late 1600s
manufacturer

possibly by Gobelins Manufactory

(France, Paris, est. 1662)
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Culture
France
Medium
Wool, silk, and gold filé: tapestry weave
Measurements
Overall: 254 x 255 cm (100 x 100 3/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Francis Ginn, Marian Ginn Jones, Barbara Ginn Griesinger, and Alexander Ginn in memory of Frank Hadley Ginn and Cornelia Root Ginn 1952.544.2
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Images of the harvest provided a way to express pride in the fruitfulness and plenty of a particular region and celebrate the diligence of the field laborers.

Description

The wheat harvest took place in July and represented the hard, hot work of summer. The reaper in the foreground and his companion in the middle distance swing their scythes high above their heads as they prepare to cut the wheat stalks. Underneath the shade of an apple tree, three figures in the foreground are determining a price for the wheat. A woman gestures to the coins that the seated man is counting. Behind them another man holds an account book, in which he records their decisions. His pen holder and ink pot hang from his belt. In the distance to the right, two horses draw a cart piled high with wheat toward four farmers who gather bunches of wheat stalks together and tie them into bundles.
Rectangular tapestry depicting people with light skin tones wearing muted blues and reds harvesting a golden field of wheat with a thatched house in the background. Two people, one moving in from our left, the other facing away from us center wave a scythe in each hand. Beneath an apple tree in the lower right, a woman sits pointing to coins a man leans over a table to rest his hand on top of, another person writing in a book standing behind. Behind, horses draw a cart towards four farmers gathering bundles of wheat stalks together.

Summer: Harvest Scene

designed c. 1535, woven mid- to late 1600s

Gobelins Manufactory

(France, Paris, est. 1662)
France

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