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Savonnerie Panel: Autumn

c. 1717
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manufacturer

Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot Workshops

(French, est. 1627)
Culture
France, 18th century
Medium
knotted pile, silk and wool
Measurements
Overall: 297.2 x 218.5 cm (117 x 86 in.)
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund 1946.247
Public Domain
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Location
215 French, German, and Dutch
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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 harvest of fall. 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.
Tapestry panel in muted yellows, golds, and light-blues centering a vase on a pedestal overflowing with flowers against a yellow background. Below, two spotted big cats flank the base of the pedestal, pouncing among woven cornucopia's, or horns, overflowing with grapes in shades of green. Above the flowers, a gold circle frames blue, a bar running across on which a red and blue feathered bird perches. Over this hangs two coats of arms in an oval frame with a crown on top.

Savonnerie Panel: Autumn

c. 1717

Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot Workshops

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

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