Armrest

Title	Armrest
Artist	Beauvais
Date	1754–56 18th century
Medium	Wool and silk
Classification	Textiles-Tapestries
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Gift of John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1935
Rights	Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose.

Subjects: Botanical illustration Ornithological plates

About this artwork

“Armrest” is a work by Beauvais, dated 1754–56. It is executed in wool and silk and classified as textiles-tapestries. In this archive it sits within the botanical illustration, ornithological plates tradition. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).

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The artist

This work is attributed to Beauvais. Browse every catalogued public-domain plate by this maker.

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Dated to 1754–56. Explore the wider set of works from the 18th century held in the archive.

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The collection

Made available through the The Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access programme, which explicitly places this work in the public domain.

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