Study for a Cartoon for Printed Cotton: Les Quatre Elements
date: label: Date
content: 1810–20
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France)
label: Probably
content: B. M. Lebert, 1759–1836
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: First preliminary sketch (full-scale) for a textile, for a cartoon depicting the Four Elements. The design is composed of four vignettes; separated in pairs vertically. The vignettes show: upper left, Juno seated in a chariot drawn over the clouds by peacocks and ccompanied by amoretti (personifying Air); lower left, Vulvan forging armor (personifying Fire); center right: Saturn seated in a landscape holding a cornucopia and beside him a globe, quartered (personifying Earth); lower right (with partial repeat shown in upper right), Venus borne over the water on a shell drawn by dolphins, attended by amoretti (personifying Water).
place: label: made in
content: Munster, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Bridget Mahon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1898-21-11
objectType: label: Type
content: textile designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Pen and black ink, brush and grey wash on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 98.2 × 84.5 cm (38 11/16 × 33 1/4 in.)