Decorative arts

Carpet (Music)

Type: Decorative arts(Opens in new tab)
Date: 1670- 1687
Accession number: 15.3
Maker: Savonnerie Manufactory(Opens in new tab) (French, 1627–2001)
Afters: and Beaudin Yvart Le Pere(Opens in new tab); Based on scheme by Charles Le Brun(Opens in new tab); after designs by Francois Francart(Opens in new tab); Under the supervision of the Lourdet Family(Opens in new tab) (Unknown); and by Louis Le Vau(Opens in new tab)
Manufacturer: manufactured by Chaillot Workshop(Opens in new tab) (French)
Dimensions: 188 x 320 in. (477.5 x 812.8 cm.)
Medium: wool, linen, and bast; with repairs and later inserts in wool, cotton, and linen.
Description: The carpet is decorated at its center with a complex geometrical motif including vegetal and floral decorative elements, cartouches, and trophies on a ground of foliated scrolls. At both ends of the carpet are reserves with allegorical figures.
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, music is embodied through depictions of the muses of poetry and music.

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