Bed valances and side curtains, ca. 1700, French, Canvas; silk and wool embroidery in gros and petit point, .1) 19 1/4 x 80 1/4 in. (48.9 x 203.8 cm); .2) 19 1/4 x 81 1/2 in. (48.9 x 207.0 cm); .3) 19-1/2 x 66-1/2 in. (49.5 x 168.9 cm); .4) 17-1/2 x 80 in. (44.5 x 203.2 cm); .5) 17-1/2 x 79 in. (44.5 x 200.7 cm); .6) 17-1/2 x 66 in. (44.5 x 167.6 cm); .7) 124 x 31-1/2 in. (315.0 x 80.0 cm); .8) 122 x 31-1/2 in. (309.9 x 80.0 cm), Textiles-Embroidered, Stories from Ovid are depicted in the medallions; the secondary scenes represent the fables of Ovid and la Fontaine. In the valence above, Orpheus charms the wild beasts with his music, while to either side an episode from the fable of The Fox and the Stork unfolds
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Bed valances, side curtains, ca, 1700, French, Canvas, silk, wool embroidery, gros, petit point, .1, 19 1/4 x 80 1/4, 48.9 203.8 cm, .2, 81 1/2, 207.0, .3, 19-1/2 66-1/2, 49.5 168.9, .4, 17-1/2 80, 44.5 203.2, .5, 79, 200.7, .6, 66, 167.6, .7, 124 31-1/2, 315.0 80.0, .8, 122, 309.9, Textiles-Embroidered, Stories, Ovid, depicted, medallions, secondary scenes represent, fables, la Fontaine, valence, Orpheus charms, wild beasts, music, side, episode, fable, Fox, Stork unfolds
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