The Continence of Bayard from a set of The History of France
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- Object
- The Continence of Bayard from a set of The History of France
- Accession number
- 42.58.1
- Date
- Designed 1777; Woven 1788–92
- Makers
- Manufacture Nationale des Gobelins
- Louis Jean Jacques Durameau
- Pierre François Cozette
- Medium
- Wool, silk (22-23 warps per inch, 9-10 per cm.)
- Dimensions
- 12 ft. 4 in. × 8 ft. 6 in. (375.9 × 259.1 cm)
- Classification
- Textiles-Tapestries
- Department
- European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
- Credit line
- Purchase, Admiral Frederic R. Harris Gift, 1942
- Museum
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- House
- —
- Garment family
- other
- Era
- pre-1800
- Season
- —
- Material family
- silk
- wool