Louis XVI visitant le port de Cherbourg
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1787
name: label: Company
content: Petitpierre et Cie, (Nantes, France, 1770–1848)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Horizontal rectangle made up of three short lengths sewn together correctly. Design of several scenes pertaining to Louis XIV's 1786 visit to the city of Cherbourg where he viewed the cones that were being used to help build a dike. In red on white.
place: label: made in
content: Nantes, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Elinor Merrell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1995-50-49
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Object Name
content: Textile
label: Type
content: Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: Warp: (max.) 83 cm (32 3/4 in.). Weft: (3 pieces sewn together) 206 cm (81 1/4 in.). Central piece has both selvedges. Pattern: height not present. Designed for lengths to be sewn together as a half-drop repeat.