The Egg Seller from a set of the Italian Village Scenes, designed 1734–36, woven 1762
The Egg Seller from a set of the Italian Village Scenes, designed 1734–36, woven 1762, French, Beauvais, Wool, silk (21-23 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.), H. 109 x W. 30 inches ( x cm), Textiles-Tapestries, Images of gardens were popular in the tapestry medium from the medieval era, where the so-called mille-fleurs (thousand flowers) provided a decorative, and sometimes symbolic, setting for scenes of romance and play
Size: 1759px × 5378px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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