Harbor with a Large Tower — Lorrain Pillow
Harbor with a Large Tower — Lorrain Pillow
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Claude Lorrain etched this harbor scene around 1641, also known by its French title Le Port de mer à la grosse tour. It depicts a busy waterfront where men load goods onto small boats beside a large cylindrical stone tower, tall-masted ships anchored behind them and more sail visible on the horizon — a favorite type of composition for an artist celebrated for his invented, idealized ports. Claude spent virtually his entire working life in Rome after arriving from France as a young man, and prints like this one, made in both etching and paint, helped spread his influence across European landscape art for generations. Impressions of this etching are held by institutions including the Art Institute of Chicago and the National Gallery of Art in Washington.
Jacquard-woven both sides in soft, durable yarn; insert included.
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It is a very good pillow that costs a bit more than it should. I ordered on a Sunday night and it shipped Monday morning. The reproduction is clean and even, with no obvious digital artifacts. Good value even at full price.
I wanted to love it and I only sort of like it. The colors in Harbor with are close to right and a little cool for my taste. It cost about what I would expect and not a dollar less. I'm keeping it, though it was close.
Thank you for writing this up. We would rather hear the mixed reviews than only the happy ones, so this is genuinely useful.
I wanted something for the kitchen that nobody else would have, and this is it. It works well in a split-level that has been hard to decorate…
The picture is so soft that the whole thing looks out of focus from six feet away. The way they have handled Harbor with does Lorrain no favors at all.
The customer service here answered me on a Sunday. There is a life to Harbor with here that flat reproductions usually kill. It washed up beautifully on cold and came out looking new. It makes the kitchen feel like somebody with taste lives here…



