The Charlatan and the Peep Show from a set of Italian Village Scenes
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- Object
- The Charlatan and the Peep Show from a set of Italian Village Scenes
- Accession number
- 49.7.119
- Date
- designed 1736, woven 1736–52
- Makers
- Beauvais
- François Boucher
- Nicolas Besnier
- Jean-Baptiste Oudry
- Medium
- Wool, silk (19-22 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.)
- Dimensions
- 10 ft. 7 1/2 in. × 13 ft. 8 in. (323.9 × 416.6 cm)
- Classification
- Textiles-Tapestries
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- The Jules Bache Collection, 1949
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- House
- —
- Garment family
- other
- Era
- pre-1800
- Season
- —
- Material family
- silk
- wool