Decorative arts

Carpet (Astrology)

Type: Decorative arts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1670-1687
Accession number: 15.2
Maker: Savonnerie Manufactory(Opens in new tab) (French, 1627–2001)
Afters: Beaudin Yvart Le Pere(Opens in new tab) (Unknown); Charles Le Brun(Opens in new tab) (French); Francois Francart(Opens in new tab); Lourdet Family(Opens in new tab); Louis Le Vau(Opens in new tab)
Manufacturer: Chaillot Workshop(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 200 x 296 in. (508 x 751.8 cm.)
Medium: wool, linen, and bast; with repairs and later inserts in wool, cotton, and linen.
Description: This carpet is decorated at its center with a complex geometrical motif including floral and vegetal elements on a ground of foliated scrolls. At one end of the carpet is an allegorical figure possibly personifying Astrology.
Credit: The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Department: European Art
Find out more: View in the Art Museum catalog(Opens in new tab)

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Bought by Henry Huntington from the collection of banker J. Pierpont Morgan, this carpet is from a series of ninety-three originally woven for Louis XIV to line the floor of the Grand Galerie of the Louvre palace. Its design draws upon a complex mixture of emblems to convey the king’s accomplishments in the realms of art and science. On this carpet, astrology is represented by a female figure in classical robes holding an armillary sphere.

Carpet (Astrology)

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