Tapestry: Pergola with Figures (probably from a series of pergola tapestries)

Last quarter of the 16th or first half of the 17th century

Object PlaceBrussels, Flanders

Medium/TechniqueTapestry weave (wool warp; wool and silk wefts)

Dimensions340.5 x 465 cm (134 1/16 x 183 1/16 in.)

Credit LineGift of Caroline Louise Williams French

Accession number05.4

On View

Not on view

ClassificationsTextiles

Collections

Provenance1905, gift of Caroline Louise Williams French (b. 1833 - d. 1914), Boston, to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 6, 1905)

3rd-4th century AD

400-550

Barberini Manufactory

1663–1679

Barberini Manufactory

1663–1679

Second half of the 16th century or first quarter of the 17th century

First third of the 16th century

1663–1679

Barberini Manufactory

1663–1679

Late 15th or early 16th century

First quarter of the 16th century

Andien de Clermont

First half of the 18th century

Francesco Albani

First half of the 18th century A.D. 1700–50