The Four Seasons
date: label: Date
content: 1818–20
name: label: Designer
content: B. M. Lebert, 1759–1836
label: Manufacturer
content: Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Panel of cotton, plain weave, plate-printed in violet. Design of the Four Seasons. Above, left, Cupid appearing from a cloud kisses a miaden; right, boys with sheep; center, gathering of the crops, sacrifice of offerings to Ceres; below, Bacchic revel. Printed by Hartmann et Fils - Munster 1818-1820.
label: Description
content: Spring is portrayed by Zephyr and Flora (top), Summer by the sacrafice to Ceres (center), Autumn by the offering to Bacchus with the drunken Silenus (below) and Winter by Chronus warming himself by a fire (missing).
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase from Au Panier Fleuri Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1957-51-5
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 two engraved copper plates on plain weave; mordant for purple
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 147 x 100 cm (57 7/8 x 39 3/8 in.)