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: 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: 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.

Carpet (Music)

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