Portiere with the Chauvelin arms from a set called a Chancellerie

Portiere with the Chauvelin arms from a set called a Chancellerie

Claude Audran III

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

In the center of the tapestry are the arms of France and Navarre within collars of orders of Saint Michel and Saint Esprit. In each corner of the borders are coats-of-arms. Described in heraldic terms as argent, head of wild cabbage sinople uprooted, stalk entwined by serpent or, head upraised, these are the armorials of Chauvelin des Grosbois et de Beauregard.

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Portiere with the Chauvelin arms from a set called a ChancelleriePortiere with the Chauvelin arms from a set called a ChancelleriePortiere with the Chauvelin arms from a set called a ChancelleriePortiere with the Chauvelin arms from a set called a ChancelleriePortiere with the Chauvelin arms from a set called a Chancellerie

The fifty thousand objects in the Museum's comprehensive and historically important collection of European sculpture and decorative arts reflect the development of a number of art forms in Western European countries from the early fifteenth through the early twentieth century. The holdings include sculpture in many sizes and media, woodwork and furniture, ceramics and glass, metalwork and jewelry, horological and mathematical instruments, and tapestries and textiles. Ceramics made in Asia for export to European markets and sculpture and decorative arts produced in Latin America during this period are also included among these works.