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"tombstone": "Chateau de Chaumont Set, 1512\u20131515. France, Lyon(?), early 16th century. Silk and wool; tapestry weave; average: 321.8 x 452 cm (126 11/16 x 177 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1960.176",
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"title": "Year in Review - Nineteen Hundred Sixty",
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"description": "one of set of three allegorical tapestries from the Chateau de Chaumont until 1907; Duveen Collection, New York, in 1925; Clarence H. MacKay Collection until 1939; (French & Co., New York).",
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"description": "Louise of Savoy (1476-1531), queen mother of King Francis I, is depicted here in a sumptuous brocaded velvet in the center. She addresses youthful figures including \u00c9l\u00e9onore, Pierre Sala\u2019s daughter who is facing her future husband, Hector. On the right, King Louis XII (died 1514) stands in front of the Chateau Langais where he had married Anne of Brittany. Above is Hector\u2019s deceased father with a partially concealed skull under his robe, while a woman expresses surprise at the sight. The verse in Old French at the top states that youthful happiness is not eternal: Youth makes sounds as long as its heart is healthy, And thinks that it holds all in its hand. But this triumph is not eternal. Here you see clearly an example: He that is happy has death in his breast. Of this you people should take note.",
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"citation": "Shepherd, Dorothy G. \"Three Tapestries from Chaumont.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 48, no. 7 (1961): 159-77",
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"citation": "Mackie, Louise W. \"Woven Treasures.\" Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 52, no. 6 (November/December 2012): 12.",
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"citation": "Passot, Sebastien. \"\"Are You Sure This Is What He Means?\" Considerations on Dress Terminology in French Sources and Their Subsequent Translation.\" In Structuring Fashion: Foundation Garments Through History. Frank Matthias Kammel, and Johannes Pietsch, eds., 63-71. Munich: Bayerisches Nationalmuseum; Munich: Hirmer, 2019.",
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