Tapestry Room from Croome Court
Object type: Period room
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: British, Worcestershire with French, Paris (Gobelins) tapestry
Artist: Joseph Rose|François Boucher|Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins|Maurice Jacques|Louis Tessier|John Mayhew|William Ince|Jacques Neilson|Jacques Germain Soufflot|Joseph Wilton|John Wildsmith|Thomas Blockley|Sefferin Alken|Peter Langlois|John Hobcraft|Ince and Mayhew|Robert Adam
Artist bio: 1745–1799|French, Paris 1703–1770 Paris|French, established 1662|French, 1712–1784|French, 1719/20–1781|British, 1736–1811|British, active ca. 1758/59–1794, died 1804|French, 1714–1788|French, Irancy 1713–1780 Paris|British, London 1722–1803 London|active 1757–69| |active 1744, died ca. 1783|French, active 1759–81, worked in England 1760–70| |British, London 1758/9–1811|British, Kirkcaldy, Scotland 1728–1792 London
Artist role: Maker|Designer|Manufacturer|Designer|Designer|Maker|Maker|Workshop director|Designer|Maker|Maker|Maker|Maker|Maker|Maker|Maker|Designer
Artist nationality:  |French|French|French|French|British|British|French|French|British| | | |French| |British|British, Scottish
Date: 1763–71
Medium: Plaster, pine, mahogany, bronze-gilt, marble, lapis lazuli, steel; wool and silk (22-24 warps per inch, 9-10 per centimeter)
Dimensions: H.  27 ft. 1 in. (825.5 cm),  W. 22 ft. 8 in. (690.9 cm), D. 13 ft. 10 3/4 in. (423.5 cm)
Classification: Woodwork|Textiles-Tapestries
Credit line: Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
Accession year: 1958
Tags: Birds|Men|Women|Putti|Flowers