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ID: 700007748
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700007748
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
The Camel (tapestry (wall hanging); Beauvais Manufactory (French, founded 1664) (French Maker); ...; 1690 - 1730; J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los A...; 2003.3)
Note: From the series known as Les Grotesques.
Titles:
The Camel (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
tapestry (wall hanging) [300205002] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name), Furnishings (hierarchy name), furnishings (works), <furnishings by form or function>, coverings and hangings, <coverings and hangings by specific type>, <coverings and hangings by location or context>, <coverings and hangings for surface elements>, wall hangings)
textile (visual works) [300014063]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)

Classifications:
decorative arts (preferred)

Creation Date: 1690 - 1730

Creator Display:
Beauvais Manufactory (French, founded 1664) (French Maker); after designs by Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (French, 1636 - 1699) (French Artist); border design attributed to Jean-Baptiste Monnoyer (French, 1636 - 1699) (French Artist); Guy-Louis Vernansal (French, 1648 - 1729) (French Artist) [preferred,JPGM]
Beauvais Tapestry Manufactory (French tapestry factory, active 1664, combined with Gobelins 1940) [500055293]
Monnoyer, Jean Baptiste, approximately 1636-1699 (French painter and etcher, 1636-1699, active in Paris and London) [500121569]
Vernansal, Guy Louis, I (French painter, designer, 1648-1729) [500032589]
Locations:
Current: J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center (Los Angeles, Los Angeles county, California, United States) [500329598] J. Paul Getty Museum, J. Paul Getty Trust, Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 2003.3
Display Materials: Wool and silk; modern linen and cotton lining
wool (textile) [300243430]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by composition or origin>)
silk (textile) [300243428]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by composition or origin>)
lining (material) [300227846]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>)
linen (material) [300014069]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by composition or origin>)
cotton (textile) [300014067]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by composition or origin>)

Dimensions: Object: 318.77 x 424.18cm (10 ft. 5 1/2 in. x 13 ft. 11in.)
Cultures:
French (preferred)

General Subject:
animals (preferred)
decorative arts

Specific Subjects:
camel (mammal) [300250139]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Artiodactyla (order), Camelidae (family)) (AAT)
commedia dell'arte [300055912]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, comedy (general genre)) (AAT)
flowers (plant components) [300132399]
.....(Objects Facet, Components (hierarchy name), components (objects parts), <components by specific context>, biological components, plant components) (AAT)
leopard (species) [300310390]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Carnivora (order), Felidae (family), Panthera (genus)) (AAT)
music (performing arts genre) [300054146]
.....(Associated Concepts Facet, Associated Concepts (hierarchy name), <concepts in the arts and humanities>, <genres in literature and performing arts>, <genres for performing arts>) (AAT)
parrots [300250076]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Aves (class), Psittaciformes (order)) (AAT)
peacock (bird) [300250082]
.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Aves (class), Galliformes (order), Phasianidae (family)) (AAT)
putti (children) [300307716]
.....(Agents Facet, People (hierarchy name), people (agents), <people by occupation>, <people in the humanities>, <people in religion and related occupations>, people in religion) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: decorative and utilitarian works
Sources and Contributors:
The Camel........ [JPGM,VP]
........ J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
Subject: ....... [JPGM,VP]
Note:
English ..... [JPGM]
..... J. Paul Getty Museum database for collections (2000-)
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