Panel
date: label: Date
content: 1850–1900
name: label: Producer
content: Tapissier Fils et Debry
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: A promotional panel for a silk weaving company from Lyon has a fully-rigged ship on black ground. The three masts carry the flags of Germany, France and the United States while a gold seated figure on the stern holds the flag of the British Empire. Below the ship is a modified coat of arms of Lyon, which shows a rampant lion holding a sword. Above the lion are three bees, perhaps a reference to Napoleon's support for the silk weaving industry of the region. The coat of arms is festooned with a leafy garland and swirling ribbon with the inscription: "Lyon Travail, Commerce, Industrie, Union, France." Below is another inscription: "Tapissier Fils & Debry."
place: label: made in
content: Lyon, France
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Moen
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1945-27-3
objectType: label: Type
content: woven textiles
label: Type
content: Panel
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: silk, metal foil wrapped around silk core Technique: jacquard woven; predominantly warp-faced plain weave (black) with discontinuous supplementary wefts (multicolor) variously bound on the front and free-floating on the back
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 50.7 × 60.1 cm (19 15/16 × 23 11/16 in.)