Panel, 18th century
Unknown artist, Franceexpand_more
Silk, metallic threadsexpand_more
Bequest of John R. Van Derlip in memory of Ethel Morrison Van Derlipexpand_more 35.7.200
Not on Viewexpand_more
In eighteenth century France, the interior of a residence actually became far more important than the exterior because it reflected the social standing of its owner. Reception rooms were decorated with carved wall paneling, and tall windows were draped with heavy silk curtains. This silk panel, woven with an exotic floral design, likely was part of a drapery. During the early 1730s increasingly naturalistic designs were introduced, made possible by the shading technique, point rentré, invented by the designer Jean Revel (1684-1751). A gradual variation in tonalities was achieved by interpenetrating two different adjacent colors.
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