Title: The Audience of the Emperor from the series The Story of the Emperor of China
Object type: Tapestry
Date: designed ca. 1685–90, woven ca. 1685–1740
Artist:  Guy Louis Vernansal the Elder 
Artist bio: French, Fontainebleau 1648–1729 Paris
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Designer
Medium: Wool, silk (19-20 warps per inch, 8 per cm.)
Dimensions: 10 ft. 3 1/2 in. × 15 ft. 3 1/4 in. (313.7 × 465.5 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit line: Gift of Mrs. J. Insley Blair, 1948
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Chinoiserie, term: Fruit, term: Men, term: Women, term: Elephants