id: 124763
accession number: 1946.247
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Savonnerie Panel: Autumn, c. 1717. Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot Workshops (French, est. 1627). Knotted pile, silk and wool; overall: 297.2 x 218.5 cm (117 x 86 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1946.247
title: Savonnerie Panel: Autumn
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creation date: c. 1717
creation date earliest: 1712
creation date latest: 1722
current location: 215 French, German, and Dutch
creditline: John L. Severance Fund
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culture: France, 18th century
technique: knotted pile, silk and wool
department: Textiles
collection: Textiles
type: Carpet
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CREATORS
* Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot Workshops (French, est. 1627) - manufacturer
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measurements: Overall: 297.2 x 218.5 cm (117 x 86 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: France in the 18th Century
opening date: 1968-01-05T05:00:00
France in the 18th Century. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (January 5-March 3, 1968).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* Three French Reigns: Louis XIV, XV and XVI. London, UK (February 21-April 5, 1933).
Winter Exhibition 1968: France in the Eighteenth Century. Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (January 6-March 3, 1968).
Five Centuries of History Mirrored in Five Centuries of French Art. Pavillon de la France, 1939 New York World's Fair, New York (1939).
Gallery 215 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 14, 2010-June 27, 2011); (June 10, 2013-May 22, 2014); (June 27, 2016-November 26, 2018).
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PROVENANCE
formed part of original suite of tapestries and furniture made for marriage of Countess Isabella de Merode-Westerloo and Franz Joseph Czernin de Chaudnitz in 1717; remained in the family until 1930 or 1931, when they were sold to a dealer. (A. & R. Ball, New York).
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Courtiers and aristocrats anxious to model their lifestyles on the king also commissioned works from the same state manufactories that produced tapestries, carpets, and upholstery for the French monarchy. Established in the early 1600s, the Savonnerie factory provided both domestic furnishings for the king’s palaces and diplomatic gifts for foreign heads of state. The double coat
of arms in this tapestry suggests that it was made for a count and countess who married in 1717. One of a group of four tapestries depicting the seasons, this work depicts the abundant flora and fauna of spring. The Cleveland Museum of Art rotates this tapestry with another from this group. The other two tapestries in the suite can be seen at the Toledo Museum of Art.
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RELATED WORKS
id: 129250
Panel: Spring, c. 1715. Royal Savonnerie Manufactory, Chaillot Workshops (French, est. 1627). Savonnerie knotted-pile (144 symmetrical rug knots per square inch); wool, hemp; overall: 274.3 x 219.7 cm (108 x 86 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1952.14
relationship: related series
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned: cat. no. 291
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n58
Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 133
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IMAGES
web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.247/1946.247_web.jpg
print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.247/1946.247_print.jpg
full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.247/1946.247_full.tif