The Charlatan and the Peep Show from a set of the Italian Village Scenes, designed 1734–36, woven 1762, French, Beauvais, Wool, silk (21-23 warps per inch, 8-9 per cm.), 111 1/2 × 160 1/2 in. (283.2 × 407.7 cm), Textiles-Tapestries, Images of gardens were popular in the tapestry medium from the medieval era, where the so-called mille-fleurs (thousand flowers) provided a decorative, and sometimes symbolic, setting for scenes of romance and play
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Charlatan, Peep Show, set, Italian Village Scenes, designed 1734–36, woven 1762, French, Beauvais, Wool, silk, 21-23 warps, inch, 8-9, cm, 111 1/2, 160, 283.2, 407.7 cm, Textiles-Tapestries, Images, gardens, popular, tapestry medium, medieval era, mille-fleurs, thousand flowers, provided, decorative, sometimes symbolic, setting, scenes, romance, play
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