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Tapestry Room from Croome Court (

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Artist

Room design:



Description	Scottish architect, archaeologist, politician and furniture designer Neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer
Date of birth/death	3 July 1728	3 March 1792
Location of birth/death	Kirkcaldy	London
Work period	1743 –1792
Work location	London; Edinburgh; Glasgow; Bath
Authority file	: Q312635 VIAF: 59122607 ISNI: 000000008343949X ULAN: 500008907 LCCN: n50035115 NLA: 35000935 WorldCat

Tapestries and furniture covers:

Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory

	Authority file	: Q732312 VIAF: 153301194 ISNI: 0000000121882661 ULAN: 500034110 LCCN: n50055338 SUDOC: 029888891 WorldCat

Workshop director:

Jacques Neilson (1714–1788)
Alternative names	James Neilson
Description	artist, tapestry weaver and manufactory director
Date of birth/death	1714	1788
Location of birth/death	London	Paris
Authority file	: Q84807750 VIAF: 96540700 ULAN: 500115916

General tapestry design:



Alternative names	Jacques-Germain Soufflot
Description	French architect
Date of birth/death	22 July 1713	29 August 1780
Location of birth/death	Irancy	Paris
Work location	France
Authority file	: Q550244 VIAF: 64012035 ISNI: 0000000081428922 ULAN: 500020221 LCCN: n81144050 WGA: s/soufflot WorldCat

Tapestry medallions design:



Description	French painter, printmaker, tapestry designer, illustrator, etcher and drawer
Date of birth/death	29 September 1703	30 May 1770
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work period	from 1720 until 1770 date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1720-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P582,+1770-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Work location	Paris (1720–1770), Northern Netherlands (1766)
Authority file	: Q180932 VIAF: 66517093 ISNI: 0000000121373066 ULAN: 500032143 LCCN: n50042112 NLA: 35020625 WorldCat

Furniture and cornices:

William Ince (1737–1804)
Description	furniture maker
Date of birth/death	31 March 1737 (baptised)	January 1804
Authority file	: Q121008106

Furniture and cornices:

John Mayhew (1736–1811)
Description	furniture maker
Date of birth/death	21 February 1736	11 May 1811
Location of birth	London
Authority file	: Q120692887

Seat covers:

Maurice Jacques (1712–1784)
Description	painter, drawer and tapestry designer
Date of birth/death	1712	26 March 1784
Location of birth/death	Paris	Paris
Work location	Paris (1756–1780)
Authority file	: Q37822599 VIAF: 95689125 ISNI: 0000000068930854 ULAN: 500001416 GND: 1235979431 BNF: 169353335

Seat covers:

Louis Tessier (1719–1781)
Alternative names	Tessier; Louis Teissier
Description	French painter and drawer
Date of birth/death	circa 1719	14 December 1781
Location of birth/death		Paris
Work period	1740 –1781
Work location	Paris
Authority file	: Q42097864 VIAF: 49154607 ISNI: 0000000082282013 ULAN: 500004194 LCCN: nr2001016171 GND: 137150555 WorldCat

Chair rails and paneling:

Sefferin Alken (1717–1782)
Alternative names	Sefferein Alken
Description	engraver
Date of birth/death	1717 (in Julian calendar)	1782
Authority file	: Q18734854 VIAF: 81382292 Oxford Dict.: 65030 GND: 137151136

Plaster ceiling and cornice moldings:Creator:Joseph Rose Chimneypiece:Creator:John Wildsmith

Chimneypiece frieze:



Alternative names	Wilton; Mr. Wilton
Description	English sculptor
Date of birth/death	16 July 1722	25 November 1803
Location of birth/death	London	London
Work location	Paris (1744–1747); Rome (1747–1755); Florence (1747–1755); London (1755)
Authority file	: Q6288018 VIAF: 5838828 ISNI: 0000000066799370 ULAN: 500118928 LCCN: no2020036289 WGA: w/wilton WorldCat

Grate basket and fender:Creator:Thomas Blockley Doors:Creator:John Hobcraft

Marquetry commode:Creator:Peter Langlois

Title

Tapestry Room from Croome Court

Description

British, Worcestershire with French, Paris (Gobelins) tapestry; Period room; Woodwork

Date

1763–71

Medium

Plaster, pine, mahogany, bronze-gilt, marble, lapis lazuli, steel; wool and silk (22-24 warps per inch, 9-10 per centimeter)

Dimensions

H. 27 ft. 1 in. (825.5 cm), W. 22 ft. 8 in. (690.9 cm), D. 13 ft. 10 3/4 in. (423.5 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

	Native name	Metropolitan Museum of Art
	Location	Manhattan, New York City, United States of America
	Coordinates	40° 46′ 46″ N, 73° 57′ 48″ W
	Established	1870
	Website	www.metmuseum.org
	Authority file	: Q160236 VIAF: 126238294 ISNI: 0000000419368761 ULAN: 500125157 LCCN: n79129629 NLA: 36247933 WorldCat

Current location

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Accession number

58.75.1–.22

Credit line

Gift of Samuel H. Kress Foundation, 1958

Source/Photographer

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/209329

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Author	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Image title	http://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/231916
Copyright holder	https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Short title	58.75.22
Source	Digital Image: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; http://www.metmuseum.org/information/terms-and-conditions
Online copyright statement	http://www.metmuseum.org/information/terms-and-conditions
Credit/Provider	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Contact information	1000 Fifth Avenue New York, New York, 10028
Date metadata was last modified	09:43, 10 February 2015
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The Met object ID

209329

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European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

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