Textile
date: label: Date
content: 1740–1780
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Panel of woven silk with a broad yellow satin stripe in the center, flanked by gold-colored satin stripes. Stripes ornamented with small white flowers and geometric strapwork. Central cartouche composed of green leaves on top and a floral garland with ribbons below. Enclosed is a Chinoiserie scene of a seated astronomer with a globe and map accompanied by a youth with telescope.
place: label: made in
content: Lyons, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1953-152-1
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk Technique: satin weave with discontinuous supplementary weft floats (brocade), twill fields
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 137.5 × 55 cm (54 1/8 × 21 5/8 in.)