Fragment
date: label: Date
content: mid- 18th–early 19th century
name: label: Printer
content: Joseph Lockett
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Furnishing textile fragment showing repeating pattern of an armored figure, possibly Cybele, seated in a chariot drawn by lions, the reins held by cupid. Britannia, leaning on her shield is drawn in a seashell pulled by horses. This is the traditional configuration found on British coins. She holds a trident, symbolizing Britain’s domination of the seas. In front, flies a heralding angel and in the water behind, a figure blows on a conch shell. Interspaced throughout are flowers, sea shells and chinoiserie figures.
place: label: made in
content: England
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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 General Acquisitions Endowment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1976-10-18
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Fragment
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium cotton Technique: printed with engraved roller on plain weave