Savonnerie Panel: Autumn

Cleveland Museum of Art

Savonnerie Panel: Autumn

Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot WorkshopsLinkedCulture matchlcp-74642f788845

Date
c. 1717
Medium
knotted pile, silk and wool
Culture
France, 18th century
Department
Textiles
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
124763

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Courtiers and aristocrats anxious to model their lifestyles on the king also commissioned works from the same state manufactories that produced tapestries, carpets, and upholstery for the French monarchy. Established in the early 1600s, the Savonnerie factory provided both domestic furnishings for the king’s palaces and diplomatic gifts for foreign heads of state. The double coat of arms in this tapestry suggests that it was made for a count and countess who married in 1717. One of a group of four tapestries depicting the seasons, this work depicts the abundant harvest of fall. The Cleveland Museum of Art rotates this tapestry with another from this group. The other two tapestries in the suite can be seen at the Toledo Museum of Art.

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Credit line
John L. Severance Fund
Provenance
formed part of original suite of tapestries and furniture made for marriage of Countess Isabella de Merode-Westerloo and Franz Joseph Czernin de Chaudnitz in 1717; remained in the family until 1930 or 1931, when they were sold to a dealer. (A. & R. Ball, New York).

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  • Representative object from the topic 18th-Century French Decorative Arts
    18th-Century French Decorative Arts

    These objects represent the luxury decorative traditions of 18th-century France, unified by their use of refined materials (tapestry weave, Savonnerie knotted pile, carved wood), classical themes (Ovid's Metamorphoses, S

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