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.)
DescriptionThis 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 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
Tapestry woven covers ca. 1779; frames of nineteenth-century before 1892; modern
Object number: 9.21
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