Aglauros’s Vision of the Bridal Chamber of Herse, from the Story of Mercury and Herse
Design attributed to Giovanni Battista Lodi da Cremona →designed ca. 1540, woven ca. 1570
Wool, silk and precious metal-wrapped threads (20-22 warps per inch, 8-9 warps per cm.) · weight confirmed, includes tube: 14 ft. 4 in. × 17 ft. 9 in., 173 lb. (436.9 × 541 cm, 78.5 kg)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, Manhattan →
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