Object Description
Stunning French Tapestry, c. 1700. Les Grotesques: L’Offrande a Bacchus, Beauvais manufactory; circa 1688-1732, Designed before 1688 by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (1636-1699)under the inspiration of Jean Berain (1640-1711), Dessinateur de la Chambre et du Cabinet du Roiwithin the Administratiode 1’Argenterie, Menus-Plaisirs et Affaires de la Chambre du Roi 1674); border designed by Monnoyer and Guy-Louis Vernans (1648-1729). Woven between circa 1688 and 1732,.MATERIALS Wool and silk. See pp. 72-79 French Tapestries & Textiles, The Getty Museum. Height: 10′ 0″ Width: 7′ 2