Title: The Camel from a set of five Grotesques
Object type: Tapestry
Date: designed ca. 1688, woven ca. 1690–1711
Artist:  Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer 
Artist bio: French, Lille 1636–1699 London
Artist nationality: French
Artist role: Designer
Medium: Wool, silk (21-27 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.)
Dimensions: 9 ft. 10 in. × 17 ft. 4 1/2 in. (299.7 × 529.6 cm)
Classification: Textiles-Tapestries
Credit line: Gift of John M. Schiff, 1977
Department: European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Birds, term: Fruit, term: Men, term: Women, term: Dancing, term: Sphinx, term: Camels, term: Leopards, term: Flowers, term: Acrobats