The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 31, 2023

Tapestry

c. 1760

designed and made by

Gobelins Manufactory

(France, Paris, est. 1662)

France, 18th century

(period of Louis XV)

Tapestry weave: silk

Overall: 54.6 x 44.5 cm (21 1/2 x 17 1/2 in.)

The Elisabeth Severance Prentiss Collection 1944.132

Location

not on view

Inscriptions

Inscription

signed lower right: "Neilson ex."

Gobelins Manufactory

For more information: http://www.oxfordartonline.com/groveart/view/10.1093/gao/9781884446054.001.0001/oao-9781884446054-e-7000032919
Provenance
George and Florence Blumenthal; Mrs. Francis F. Prentiss, Cleveland Heights, Ohio.
Citations
Catalogue of the Elisabeth Severance Prentiss collection : bequest of Elisabeth Severance Prentiss, 1944. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1944. Published as: Tapestry: Floral Panel. Mentioned: p. 65-66; Reproduction: Plate XXX archive.org
Exhibition history

Exhibition of the Month: Flowers in Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (May 6-June 5, 1952).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1944.132