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Gain access to this incredible resource through either a monthly or a yearly subscription and search the entire collection from your desktop, compare multiple images side by side and zoom into the minute details of the images. Visit www.davidrumsey.com/amica for more information on the collection, click on the link below the revolving thumbnail to the right, or email us at amica@luna-img.com . Creator Nationality: European; Netherlandish Creator Name-CRT: South Netherlandish Title: Figures in a Rose Garden View: Full View Creation Start Date: 1450 Creation End Date: 1455 Creation Date: 1450-1455 Object Type: Textiles Classification Term: Textiles-Tapestries Materials and Techniques: Wool warp; wool, silk, metallic weft yarns Dimensions: 9 ft. 5 3/4 in. x 10 ft. 8 in. (288.9 x 325.1 cm) AMICA Contributor: The Metropolitan Museum of Art Owner Location: New York, New York, USA ID Number: 09.137.2 Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1909 Rights: http://www.metmuseum.org/ Context: This work belongs to a series of tapestries designed to cover the walls of an entire room. Such sets were often referred to in medieval inventories as "rooms" ("chambres"). It is possible that this set was made for the French king Charles VII, whose colors were white, red, and green and one of whose emblems was the rose tree. A royal connection is certainly likely, for the tapestries are sumptuous, with metal threads not only in the clothing and jewelry worn by the fashionable courtiers and ladies, but also in the background leaves, buds, and open roses. Working from full-scale painted designs, the weavers produced tapestries like this by forcing the cross threads (weft) tightly into place-each different-colored thread separately-until all the undyed lengthwise threads (warp) were concealed. Even with several weavers working side by side-the usual procedure-and with the tapestries of a single set being worked simultaneously on separate looms, their production would have taken several years. Hung on the walls of a castle or manor house, tapestries not only served the practical function of insulation, preventing dampness from entering the room, but also constituted a visible and portable declaration of their owner's wealth and taste. AMICA ID: MMA_.09.137.2 AMICA Library Year: 2000 Media Metadata Rights: Copyright The Metropolitan Museum of Art AMICA PUBLIC RIGHTS: a) Access to the materials is granted for personal and non-commercial use. b) A full educational license for non-commercial use is available from Cartography Associates at www.davidrumsey.com/amica/institution_subscribe.html c) Licensed users may continue their examination of additional materials provided by Cartography Associates, and d) commercial rights are available from the rights holder. Home
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