Conundrum: Puzzles in the Grotesques Tapestry Series Sale - Book In this three-part polemical masterpiece

In this three-part polemical masterpiece

Full of fascinating facts and stories

Sidelining labels like “conservative” or “avant-garde

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while line drawings illustrate how the potter worked

Conundrum: Puzzles in the Grotesques Tapestry Series Sale - Book In this three-part polemical masterpieceCharissa Bremer David The whimsical imagery of four tapestries in the permanent collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum and currently on display at the Getty Center is perplexing. Created in France at the Beauvais manufactory between 1690 and 1730, these charming hangings, unlike most French tapestries of the period, appear to be purely decorative, with no narrative thread, no theological moral, and no allegorical symbolism. They belong to a series