Cartoon for Cotton Printing: Les Quatre Elements
date: label: Date
content: 1810–20
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France)
label: Designer
content: B. M. Lebert, 1759–1836
label: Designer
content: J. L. Lebert, French, early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The design for a textile is composed of four vignettes, separated in pairs vertically, in the center of the composition by a strip composed of trophies symbolizing the elements, and at the repeat, by a strip showing the signs of the zodiac:
label: Description
content: B: upper right, Saturn, holding a cornucopia, is seated in a landscape with a globe, quartered with four animals, beside him (personifying Earth); lower right, Venus bourne over the water on a shell drawn by dolphins and attended by amoretti (personifying Water).
place: label: made in
content: Munster, 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: 1898-21-10-b
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 gray wash on laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 42 x 35.5 cm (16 9/16 in. x 14 in.)