Allegories of Air (Cephalus and Aurora) and Earth (Vertumnus and Pomona)
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- Object
- Allegories of Air (Cephalus and Aurora) and Earth (Vertumnus and Pomona)
- Accession number
- 58.75.2
- Date
- designed 1758–67, woven 1764–71
- Makers
- François Boucher
- Jacques Neilson
- Maurice Jacques
- Jacques Germain Soufflot
- Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins
- George William Coventry, 6th earl of Coventry
- Medium
- Wool, silk (22-24 warps per inch, 9-10 per cm)
- Dimensions
- H. 10 ft. x W. 27 ft., 3 in. (3.05 m. x 8.31 m.)
- Classification
- Textiles-Tapestries
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- House
- —
- Garment family
- other
- Era
- pre-1800
- Season
- —
- Material family
- silk
- wool