Textile
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1788
name: label: Designer
content: Jean-Baptiste Huët, (French, 1745–1811)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two fragments printed in red on cream ground showing designs known as the “Four Quarters of the Globe.” Fragment A shows the full breadth of the allegorical figure“Afrique”. Fragment B shows part of “L’Asie”.
place: label: made in
content: Jouy, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
label: See more items in
content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Frances Morris
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1951-111-1-a
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
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: a) L x W: 44.5 × 101.5 cm (17 1/2 × 39 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: b) L x W: 42 × 51 cm (16 9/16 × 20 1/16 in.)