Fables of Fontaine
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1815
name: label: Maker
content: Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Eight different framed 'pictures' each illustrating one of the Fables of la Fontaine. Each scene is captioned in French. Some of the titles on the textile have changed from the de la Fontaine title. Sepia on white. Mounted on linen plain weave, stuffed and quilted.
place: label: made in
content: Alsace, 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: 1995-50-151
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 x Weft: 174 x 130.8 cm (5 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 51 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Repeat H: 27.5 cm (10 13/16 in.)