Cartoon for Printed Cotton: Les Quatre Elements
date: label: Date
content: 1810–20
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France)
label: Possibly
content: B. M. Lebert, 1759–1836
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An unfinished cartoon for cotton printing. Within vertically-disposed ornamental arabesques are: upper left, Juno seated in a chariot drawn ove the clouds by peacocks, and supporting the vignette are kneeling zephyrs facing each other (personifying Air); lower left, Vulcan forging armor, and supporting the vignette are two cyclopes (personifying Fire); upper right, sirens supporting the vignette showing Venus (shown below), center right, Saturn seated in a landscape, his right arm resting on a globe and attended by animals, and supporting the vignette are two standing Herculeses (personifying Earth); lower right, Venus borne over the water on a shell and accompanied by two tortoises (personifying Water). In the center of the composition and along the left edge are vertical strips composed of tophies symolizing the elements (uncompleted).
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: Gift of Bridget Mahon
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1898-21-13
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, mounted
label: Dimensions
content: 67.9 x 98.5 cm (26 3/4 x 38 3/4 in.)