Project for Tapestry Dedicated to Farm Life
date: label: Date
content: 1780–95
name: label: Artist
content: Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Colonnade of Ionic order with garlands of flowers twisted and festooned between the fluted columns. Suspended in the intercolumniations are trophies of garden implements and other attributes of agricultural life. On the ground, behind the colonnade appear dogs, peacocks, fowl, a fox in a trap and geese. Border in ink frames scene.-Based on text by R. Berliner
place: label: made in
content: 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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1911-28-142
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 wash on off-white laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 19.7 x 37.7 cm (7 3/4 x 14 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat (Mat): 35.6 x 45.7 cm (14 x 18 in.)