The Charlatan and the Peep Show from a set of the Italian Village Scenes, designed 1734–36, woven 1762

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The Charlatan and the Peep Show 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.), 111 1/2 × 160 1/2 in. ( × 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

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Size: 5488px × 3867px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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