Savoyards
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1840
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Three pieces, with scenes, inscribed "Savoyards." a: Recto, small central cartouche, containing two figures in a street scene. Printed in grisaille and dark blue, on a gray, patterned ground. Mounted on burlap. Verso, figural landscape with fox and duck hunting scenes, printed in monochrome brown with attached border; b: Recto, large central cartouche, containing musical scene with two women and two children. "Savoyards" inscribed below scene. Printed in grisaille and dark blue, on a gray, patterned ground. Mounted on burlap. Verso, figural landscape with fox and duck hunting scenes, printed in monochrome brown with attached border; c: Recto, large central cartouche, containing peasants toasting with dog. "Plus heureux qu'un roi (More happy than a king)" inscribed below scene. Printed in gresaille and dark blue, on a gray, patterned ground. Mounted on burlap. Verso, figural landscape with fox and duck hunting scenes, printed in monochrome brown with attached border.
place: label: made in
content: 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 The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1998-75-197-a/c
objectType: label: Type
content: Wallcoverings
label: Object Name
content: Sidewall
label: Type
content: Sidewall
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Block-printed paper
label: Dimensions
content: Overall: 55 x 49 cm (21 5/8 x 19 5/16 in.)