IDENTIFIERS
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id:	110546
accession number:	T.12-1997

DATE AUDIT
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created:	Saturday 6 August 2011
updated:	Wednesday 7 February 2024

DESCRIPTIVE DATA
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object type: Tapestry; cotton warp and wool weft. Semi-abstract polychrome design of trees, plants, butterflies, crowned by the sun with a small bird perching on one of the rays, all against a varied blue 'sky' background.  The artist's name is woven into the lower right corner.
title:	tapestry

NOTES
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type: history note
value: Purchased from La Demeure Gallery, Paris


LICENSING
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text license status:	CC0
image license status:	CC-BY-NC-SA

OWNERSHIP
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instutition: The Fitzwilliam Museum
department: Applied Arts
creditline: Given by the American Friends of Cambridge University

STABLE URL
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url:	https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/110546





TECHNIQUES
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Tapestry with cotton warp and wool weft
weaving

CATEGORIES
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category: woven textiles

DATING
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creation date:	1950 - 1960
creation date earliest:	1950
creation date latest:	1960
culture:	20th Century, Mid

CREATORS
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maker: Saint-Saens, Marc
maker: Picaud, Raymond

DIMENSIONS
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dimension: Height
units: cm
value: 147

dimension: Width
units: cm
value: 95



EXHIBITIONS HISTORY
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title:	French Tapestry and Illustration