Designer:

Hippolyte Lebas  Search this

Engraver:

Leisner, 1787 – 1857  Search this

Manufacturer:

Oberkampf & Cie., (Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759–1815)  Search this

Medium:

Medium: cotton Technique: mordant for red printed by engraved plate, yellow added by brush

Dimensions:

81 x 65 cm (31 7/8 x 25 9/16 in.)

Type:

printed, dyed & painted textiles

Textile

Object Name:

Textile

Made in:

Jouy, France

Date:

1818

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Circular and oval medallions framing views of Paris: Lemot's statue of Henry IV for the Pont Neuf, with a portrait of Henry IV in a frame; the Pantheon with a portrait of Louis XV in a frame supported by angels; La Fontaine des Innocents with a portrait of Henry II above; the Louvre with a portrait of Louis XIV in a frame flanked by the figures of Prudence and Force. Printed in red with washes of yellow.

Credit Line:

Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund

Accession Number:

1957-51-2-a

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Textiles Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b6159b6a-8cce-468a-8fc2-51f1e1164d09

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1957-51-2-a