# Autumn: Vintage Scene

- By: Gobelins Manufactory (France, Paris, est. 1662)
- Date: designed c. 1535, woven mid- to late 1600s
- Medium: Wool, silk, and gold filé: tapestry weave
- Classification: Tapestry
- Dimensions: Overall: 263 x 370 cm (103 9/16 x 145 11/16 in.)
- Culture: France
- Credit line: Gift of Francis Ginn, Marian Ginn Jones, Barbara Ginn Griesinger, and Alexander Ginn in memory of Frank Hadley Ginn and Cornelia Root Ginn
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.544.3)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1952.544.3/1952.544.3_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

In 16th-century Europe, the grape harvest took place in autumn, a tradition that persists among vintners to this day. Here, men and women gather grapes in buckets and drop them into an enormous wood vat. Two men stomp on the ripe grapes, squeezing out the juice. A man on the far right pours the juice into barrels, where it will ferment into wine. Children sleep or play in the foreground; one mischievous toddler presses grape juice into the mouth of another small child. In the distance four couples dance to music provided by a bagpiper, who is perched in a tree.