Boreas and Orithyia from a set of scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses, designed ca. 1690, woven before 1730, French, Beauvais, Wool, silk, metal thread (19-22 warps per inch, 7-9 per cm.), H. 140 x W. 179 inches (355.6 x 454.7 cm), as measured by Textile Conservation in 1984, Textiles-Tapestries, Maidens gathering flowers are plunged into disarray as, drapery billowing, winged Boreas, god of the North Wind, wraps Orithyia, a mortal princess of Athens, in his burly arms. Frustrated by her father’s refusal to approve his marriage request, Boreas carries her off regardless, in a sharp diagonal thrust out of the picture plane, towards his home in Thrace
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Boreas, Orithyia, set, scenes, Ovid, Metamorphoses, designed ca, 1690, woven, 1730, French, Beauvais, Wool, silk, metal thread, 19-22 warps, inch, 7-9, cm, H, 140 x W, 179 inches, 355.6 454.7 cm, measured, Textile Conservation, 1984, Textiles-Tapestries, Maidens gathering, flowers, plunged, disarray, drapery billowing, winged Boreas, god, North Wind, wraps Orithyia, mortal princess, Athens, burly arms, Frustrated, father, refusal, approve, marriage request, Boreas carries, off regardless, sharp diagonal, thrust, out, picture plane, towards, home, Thrace
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