Portiere with the Chauvelin arms from a set called a Chancellerie
Object type: Tapestry
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French, Paris
Artist: Claude Audran III|Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins|Etienne-Claude Le Blond|Louis XV, King of France
Artist bio: French, Lyons 1658–1734 Paris|French, established 1662| |French, Versailles 1710–1774 Versailles
Artist role: Designer|Manufactory|Maker|Patron
Artist nationality: French|French| |French
Date: designed 1679 and 1700, borders ca. 1720, woven 1728–30
Medium: Wool, silk (21-23 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.)
Dimensions: 11 ft. 7 1/2 in. × 9 ft. 2 in. (354.3 × 279.4 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession year: 1962
Tags: Putti|Coat of Arms