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Fire Screen Panel

Manufactory Savonnerie Manufactory
After a design by Claude Audran III French

before 1777; design, late 1720s; woven until second half of 18th century

Not on view

This woven panel for a fire screen, given to Emperor Joseph II in 1777, was part of a limited stock Louis XVI exhausted through presents to Paul and Maria Feodorovna of Russia and to Gustav III of Sweden. This left the Savonnerie textile factory scrambling to adapt a larger folding screen panel into one suitable for a fire screen when the king later wanted to offer the same design to Prince Henry of Prussia.

Fire Screen Panel, Savonnerie Manufactory (Manufactory, established 1626; Manufacture Royale, established 1663), Wool, possibly linen, French — This image cannot be enlarged, viewed at full screen, or downloaded.

Title: Fire Screen Panel

Manufactory: Savonnerie Manufactory (Manufactory, established 1626; Manufacture Royale, established 1663)

Designer: After a design by Claude Audran III (French, Lyons 1658–1734 Paris)

Date: before 1777; design, late 1720s; woven until second half of 18th century

Culture: French

Medium: Wool, possibly linen

Dimensions: 37 × 30 7/8 in. (94 × 78.5 cm)

Classification: Textiles

Credit Line: MAK—Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna (T 8409)

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