Neptune, ou la maitrise des mers
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1795
name: label: Maker
content: Petitpierre et Cie, (Nantes, France, 1770–1848)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Assortment of maritime and patriotic scenes as well as a Chinese pavilion. Neptune in a chariot gives orders to Mercury and Pallas Athena. A child holding a book titles "Nouvelle Loi" (new Law) stands beside them. There is a scene apparently granting freedom to three slaves which may coincide with the first abolition of slavery in 1794. In red on white.
place: label: made in
content: Nantes, 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: 1995-50-86
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: 145 x 100 cm (57 1/16 x 39 3/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Repeat H: 103.5 cm (40 3/4 in.)