This is a painting of an interior scene in a weaving workshop. The image features a dimly lit room with two large windows providing scattered daylight. In the foreground, a wooden spinning wheel is depicted, with a person seated at it. The background shows a large loom stretching across the room. The wooden beams and rough-hewn furniture give the room an authentic, rustic charm.
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The Weaver's Cottage

Léon Augustin Lhermitte (French, 1844 - 1925)

c. 1903

Medium
pastel, conté crayon, and charcoal on tan paper, mounted on canvas (on wooden stretcher)
Classification
Drawing
Dimensions
sheet: 38.3 × 48.5 cm (15 1/16 × 19 1/8 in.) (approximate dimensions, measured in housing
Museum
National Gallery of Art, CG-E
Credit line
Gift of Merritt Porter Dyke in Honor of Andrew Robison
Rights
Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed

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