Reclining Putto

probably Beauvais

Not on view

This was originally a chair-back on the type of tapestry-upholstered furniture popular since the eighteenth century. Except for the putto’s body, rendered in wool, most of the panel is woven with fine silks. The exquisite workmanship and wide-ranging palette are typical of tapestries associated with Beauvais.

Reclining Putto, probably Beauvais, Silk, wool (25-27 warps per inch, 10 per cm.), French, probably Beauvais

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Reclining Putto, probably Beauvais, Silk, wool (25-27 warps per inch, 10 per cm.), French, probably Beauvais
Reclining Putto, probably Beauvais, Silk, wool (25-27 warps per inch, 10 per cm.), French, probably Beauvais

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