Fragments of a Lower Border
Object type: Tapestry Fragments on Sofa
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Culture: French
Artist: Jean Lemoine de Lorrain|Claude Guy Hallé|Bon Boullogne|Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins|Jean Jans the Younger
Artist bio: 1638–1713|French, Paris 1652–1736 Paris|French, Paris 1649–1717 Paris|French, established 1662|French, 1644–1723
Artist role: Designer|Designer|Designer|Manufactory|Workshop director
Artist nationality:  |French|French|French|French
Date: 1687–91, with modern frame
Medium: Silk, wool and metal thread; modern frame carved and gilded wood.
Dimensions: a) 48-1/2 x 77 x 26-1/4 in.  (123.2 x 195.6 x 66.7 cm); b) 1 ft. 9 3/4 in. x 5 ft. 11 1/2 in. (55.2 x 181.6 cm); c) 2 ft. x  6 ft. 5 in. (61 x 195.6 cm); d, e) Each 3 x 15 in. (7.6 x 38.1 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit line: Bequest of Benjamin Altman, 1913
Accession year: 1914
Tags: Putti|Parrots|Monkeys