Autumn: Vintage Scene
Cleveland Museum of Art

Autumn: Vintage Scene

Gobelins Manufactory (France, Paris, est. 1662) · designed c. 1535, woven mid- to late 1600s

Wool, silk, and gold filé: tapestry weave
CC0 — Public Domain
Cleveland Museum of Art

Originally green, the plants were woven using yarn first dyed blue and then dyed yellow; over time the yellow dye has faded so that today the plants appear blue.

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