September and October [fragment] from The Twelve Months of the Year

About this artwork

Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artists

Workshop of Gerard Peemans (Manufacturer) , David Teniers, III

Title

September and October [fragment] from The Twelve Months of the Year

Places

Flanders (Object made in:), Brussels (Object made in:)

Date

Made 1675-1775

Medium

Wool, silk, and silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk; slit and double interlocking tapestry weave with some areas of 2 : 2 plain interlacing of silvered-metal wefts Warp: Count: 10 warps per cm; wool: S-ply of four Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.7–0.9 mm Weft: Count: varies from 19 to 42 wefts per cm; wool: S-ply of two Z-spun elements; diameters: 0.3–0.8 mm; silk: pairs of S-ply of two Z-twisted elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm; silvered-metal-strip-wrapped silk: silvered-metal strip wrapped in an S-direction on S-ply of two yarns of Z-ply of two slightly Z-twisted silk elements; pairs of yarns of silvered-metal strip wrapped in an S-direction on S-ply of two yarns of Z-ply of two slightly Z-twisted silk elements; diameters: 0.4–0.8 mm

Dimensions

144.8 × 283.6 cm (57 × 111 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Honoré Palmer

Reference Number

1938.1309

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