Violin and Lute Players from a set of five Grotesques
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- Object
- Violin and Lute Players from a set of five Grotesques
- Accession number
- 1977.437.5
- Date
- designed ca. 1688, woven ca. 1690–1711
- Makers
- Beauvais
- Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer
- Philippe Béhagle
- Jean Berain
- Guy Louis Vernansal the Elder
- Medium
- Wool, silk (21-27 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.)
- Dimensions
- 9 ft. 9 in. × 76 in. (297.2 × 193 cm)
- Classification
- Textiles-Tapestries
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of John M. Schiff, 1977
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- House
- —
- Garment family
- other
- Era
- pre-1800
- Season
- —
- Material family
- silk
- wool