Fireboard Decorated with 'Le Chien du Regiment'
date: label: Date
content: 1805–1830
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle. Battle scene, in the style of Horace Vernet. In center foreground, two infantrymen attending a wounded dog. To left, legs of a dead soldier, to right, ruined wall. In the second plane, to left, standing soldier; in center, heads and bayonets of four soldiers seen above smoke clouds, with other heads dimly indicated in background. Central panel is adhered to wood backing, and set within separate adhered floral borders. On left and right sides, wide borders include two bands of vertical floral decoration, while the bottom border is comprised of one band of horizontal floral decoration. Top border is flocked with a different pattern of two overlapping flowers set upon foliage background, with red arabesque pattern band.
place: label: made in
content: Rixheim, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Wallcoverings Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. A.S. Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1907-15-4
objectType: label: Type
content: Wallcoverings
label: Object Name
content: fireboard
label: Type
content: fireboard
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: block printed paper, flocked paper, wood faced, distemper colors
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 94 × 128 × 4.5 cm (37 in. × 50 3/8 in. × 1 3/4 in.)