Title Page, from the Vedute — Canaletto Tapestry Blanket

This etching served as the title page for Canaletto's Vedute (Views), the series of 33 etchings he produced between 1740 and 1744 and dedicated to his patron and dealer Joseph Smith, the British consul in Venice. Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal, 1697–1768) described the plates within as views “some taken from nature, others imagined,” a rare instance of the artist framing his own project in his own words.

Jacquard-woven in soft, durable cotton — a warm, fully reversible throw for the sofa, bed or reading chair.