"Music"

Savonnerie Manufactory

ca. 1685–97 · Wool (Ghiordes knot, 90 knots per square in.) · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

This carpet, representing Music, belongs to a series of ninety-three originally intended for (but never used in) the Grande Galerie of the Louvre (then a palace). Instead, individual examples from the series were distributed as diplomatic gifts. Louis XIV sent a version of this design to the Siamese king in 1685.

Artist

Savonnerie Manufactory

Date

ca. 1685–97

Medium

Wool (Ghiordes knot, 90 knots per square in.)

Culture

French, Paris

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Rogers Fund, 1952