Carpet (Astrology)
Maker
Savonnerie Manufactory
(1627 - 2001)
Additional Title(s)
- L'Astrologie
ClassificationsDECORATIVE ARTS
Date1670-1687
Mediumwool, linen, and bast; with repairs and later inserts in wool, cotton, and linen.
Dimensions200 x 296 in. (508 x 751.8 cm.)
DescriptionThe carpet has a ground of foliated scrolls. There is a central reserve of strapwork within which are vegetal and floral motifs, cartouches and trophies. At one end is a classical figure of "Music."
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens
Label TextBought 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.Status
On viewObject number15.2
Savonnerie Manufactory
1719/84; frame of later date (probably nineteenth-century).
Object number: 11.41
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
1738-1740 or 1767; frame, 1909-1910.
Object number: 9.32
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.27
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
tapestry covers: mid 18th Century; chair frames: 19th Century
Object number: 9.29
Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.30