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The Emperor Sailing from The Story of the Emperor of China
Guy-Louis Vernansal
Wool, silk, and silvered- and-gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with some areas of 2:2 plain interlacings of silvered-and-gilt-metal wefts · 1716
Art Institute of Chicago
Armchair (3 of 4)
Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot Workshops
carved wood, Savonnerie knotted-pile (symmetrical rug knot) upholstery; wool, hemp · 1712
Cleveland Museum of Art
Chair Seat
Abigail Davenport (Williams)
Linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool yarns in bullion, flat, Roman, satin, stem, and surface satin stitches · 1712
Art Institute of Chicago
Chair Seat
Abigail Davenport (Williams)
Linen, plain weave; embroidered with wool yarns in bullion, flat, Roman, satin, stem, and surface satin stitches · 1712
Art Institute of Chicago
Sampler
Mary M. Wallace
Tabby weave wool ground; embroidered in silk twist · 1701
Art Institute of Chicago
The Tent, from an Indo-Chinese or Indian Series
John Vanderbank
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1700
Art Institute of Chicago
The Tent, from an Indo-Chinese or Indian Series
John Vanderbank
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1700
Art Institute of Chicago
Flora from a set of the Triumph of the Gods
Jan van Orley
Wool, silk (19-22 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.) · 1700
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Tent, from an Indo-Chinese or Indian Series
John Vanderbank, British
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1700
Art Institute of Chicago
The Tent, from an Indo-Chinese or Indian Series
John Vanderbank
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1700
Art Institute of Chicago
Autumn, from The Seasons
Charles Le Brun
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1700
Art Institute of Chicago
Winter, from The Seasons
Charles Le Brun
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1700
Art Institute of Chicago
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The Battle of Arbela from a set of The Story of Alexander
Charles Le Brun
Wool, silk (17-18 warps per inch, 8 per cm.) · 1695
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Alexander and the Family of Darius from a set of The Story of Alexander
Charles Le Brun
Wool, silk (17-18 warps per inch, 8 per cm.) · 1695
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Concert from a set of Tapestries "After the Indian Manner"
John Vanderbank
Wool, silk (19-20 warps per inch, 7-8 per cm.) · 1690
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Toilette of the Princess from a set of Tapestries "After the Indian Manner"
John Vanderbank
Wool, silk (19-20 warps per inch, 7-8 per cm.) · 1690
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Concert from a set of Tapestries "After the Indian Manner"
John Vanderbank, British
Wool, silk (19-20 warps per inch, 7-8 per cm.) · 1690
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Toilette of the Princess from a set of Tapestries "After the Indian Manner"
John Vanderbank, British
Wool, silk (19-20 warps per inch, 7-8 per cm.) · 1690
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Elephant, from The Berain Grotesques Series
JEAN
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1688
Art Institute of Chicago
The Elephant, from The Berain Grotesques Series
Jean Baptiste Monnoyer
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave · 1688
Art Institute of Chicago
The Elephant from a set of five Grotesques
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, French
Wool, silk (21-27 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.) · 1683
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Violin and Lute Players from a set of five Grotesques
Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer, French
Wool, silk (21-27 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.) · 1683
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Portiere with the Chauvelin arms from a set called a Chancellerie
Claude Audran III
Wool, silk (21-23 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.) · 1679
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Orpheus Playing the Lyre to Hades and Persephone, from Orpheus and Eurydice or The Metamorphoses
Wauters Workshop
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave
Warp: Count: 7 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of three Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.8–1.0 mm
Weft: Count: varies from 18 to 40 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; pairs of S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.4–1.1 mm; silk: Z-ply of two S-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm · 1675
Art Institute of Chicago