Textile
The Elephant, from The Berain Grotesques Series
After a design by Jean Baptiste Monnoyer (1636–1699) in the style of Jean I Berain (1640–1711); border design by Jean I Berain Woven at the Manufacture Royale de Beauvais under the direction of the Behagle family (directors, 1684–1711), the Filleul brothers (codirectors, 1711–22), or Noël-Antoine Mérou (director, 1722–33) France, Beauvais. c. 1688/1732. Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from The Art Institute of Chicago.
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- One tapestry. Many hands.Chicago distinguishes a design by Monnoyer in the style of Berain, Berain’s border design, and weaving at Beauvais under several possible workshop directors.
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- One tapestry. Many hands.Workshop collaboration · Whose work are you looking at? (These are catalogue roles, not a complete list of the people who made the tapestry. The dates do not select one workshop director. Image regions are editorial attention guides, not separable design layers.)
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- Animalmotif · Artologium visual observation · Source ↗
- Framed scenerepeat structure · Artologium visual observation · Source ↗
- Textilematerial · Institution record · Source ↗
- Slit and double-interlocking tapestry weavetechnique · Institution record · Source ↗
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TextileObject type
An object classified as a textile.
A picture of cloth is not a textile object.
The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Textile” in its object type field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Textile
Catalogue: The Art Institute of Chicago. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
SilkMaterial
Silk recorded in the object's medium.
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The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave; wool (textile)” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave; wool (textile)
Catalogue: The Art Institute of Chicago. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
WoolMaterial
Wool is a material named in the museum catalogue.
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The Art Institute of Chicago supplies “Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave; wool (textile)” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Wool and silk, slit and double interlocking tapestry weave; wool (textile)
Catalogue: The Art Institute of Chicago. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
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