Garden of love. unknown c. 1510-1520 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'10" x W 12'11" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 6-7/cm); wool, silk & metallic thread (weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Said to have belonged to the vicomte de la Sayette, château des Bouches d'Azur near Craon, Matenne. French & Co. purchased from Jacques Seligmann & Co. 2/15/1918; sold to Mrs. Van Santvoord Merle-Smith 7/1/1918. Given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Mrs. Van Santvoord Merle-Smith, 1942. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. Party of 6
Garden of love. unknown c. 1510-1520 Tapestry Dimensions: H 10'10" x W 12'11" Tapestry Materials/Techniques: wool (warp: 6-7/cm); wool, silk & metallic thread (weft) Culture: Southern Netherlands Ownership History: Said to have belonged to the vicomte de la Sayette, château des Bouches d'Azur near Craon, Matenne. French & Co. purchased from Jacques Seligmann & Co. 2/15/1918; sold to Mrs. Van Santvoord Merle-Smith 7/1/1918. Given to the Metropolitan Museum of Art by Mrs. Van Santvoord Merle-Smith, 1942. United States, New York, New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accno. Party of 6 ladies & 3 gentlemen playing cards in L foreground, 3 ladies & 2 gentlemen playing chess in R foreground, 3 ladies engaged in conversation in R middle ground, 2 pages or footmen in center middle ground, beyond the pages is octagonal bowl of fountain with ornamental waterspout in center representing nude boy riding dolphin, ground covered in plants including strawberries, poppies, violets, pansies & daisies, beyond fountain is landscape with meadows with orange tree on L & another tree on R (BRD) garland of white roses & green leaves framed by gold bands decorated with chevrons & grooved collars French & Co. stock sheet in archive, 4585 Cavallo, Medieval Tapestries (1993), 506-511, cat. 40
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