ID: 700009315 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009315	Record Type: Conceptual
Images: 1 2

L'Eléphant (tapestry (wall hanging); Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory; 1687/1730)

Note: An African elephant with spoonbill and other birds; in the wider version, also includes a horse, tiger, and other animals.

Titles:

L'Eléphant (preferred,C,U,OR,English-P,L,P,French-P,U,P)

Le Cheval Isabelle (C,U,undetermined,U,U)

The Elephant (C,U,TR,English,U,U)

Catalog Level: multiples

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)

Classifications:

textiles (preferred)

Creation Date: 1687/1730

Creator Display:

Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory [preferred]

Gobelins Tapestry Manufactory (French tapestry manufactory, active from 1662 to the present) [500034110]

Locations:

Other: Creation: Paris [7008038] Île-de-France (region (administrative division)), France (nation), Europe (continent), World (facet) (Geographic)

Not Applicable:

Display Materials: wool and silk

	wool (hair material) [300014074]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, keratinous material, <hair and hair components as materials>, hair (material), <hair by form as material>)

	silk (silkworm material) [300014072]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, animal material, fibroinous material)

Dimensions: N/A

Cultures:

French (preferred)

General Subject:

utilitarian objects (preferred)

animals

botanical

Specific Subjects:

	African elephant genus [300417427]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Proboscidea (order), Elephantidae (family)) (AAT)

	Dutch Brazil [8712054]
	.....(Brazil (nation), South America (continent), World (facet)) (TGN)

	Amerindian (culture) [300389818]
	.....(Styles and Periods Facet, Styles and Periods (hierarchy name), <styles| periods| and cultures by region>, Americas| The) (AAT)

	horse (species) [300250148]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Mammalia (class), Perissodactyla (order), Equidae (family), Equus (genus)) (AAT)

	birds (animals) [300266506]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum)) (AAT)

	ibises and spoonbills (subfamily) [300389915]
	.....(Agents Facet, Living Organisms (hierarchy name), living organisms (entities), Eukaryota (domain), Animalia (kingdom), Chordata (phylum), Vertebrata (subphylum), Aves (class), Pelecaniformes (order), Threskiornithidae (family)) (AAT)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Conceptual Works

.......... Conceptual Works by class: for movable works

............... Les anciennes Indes

Sources and Contributors:
L'Eléphant	........ [VP]
	........ Bremer-David, Le Cheval Rayé (1994)
Le Cheval Isabelle	........ [VP]
	........ Bremer-David, Le Cheval Rayé (1994)
The Elephant	........ [VP]
	........ Bremer-David, Le Cheval Rayé (1994)

Subject: ....... [VP]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Artnet [online] (2002-)