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Detail: Bottom half
Panel
Designed by: Joseph-Gaspard Picard (French, 1752–1818)
French
about 1787
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Silk lampas
Dimensions
199 x 329 cm (78 3/8 x 129 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number50.4062
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionPanel; large wall panel of silk compound satin; ground, originally blue, now light neutral yellow; made of three widths of material (only one is complete) including be-ribboned poodles dancing on scrolls, vulcan at forge, sea horse and fountains, swags, trophies of war, cadueus, etc.; border sewed on all four sides of rinceau with serpents (top and bottom) and with heads of lions smoking pipes and caryatids on sides; in each corner, a lion's head; two horizontal seams near top of center; worn, tender, badly faded, stained, and a number of tears; nail holes in edges.