Textile
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1789
name: label: Producer
content: Gorgerat Frères et Cie., (Nantes, France, 1783–1815)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Roman figures preparing a sacrifice at an altar under an elaborate canopy with a female figure holding a crown representing Fortune with a putti holding a Phrygian cap pointing to an open book in symmetry with Fame with a trumpet all on the right side. On the left, the figure of France in a chariot drawn by two lions accompanied by figures representing Wisdom, Hope and an unknown figure under a temple containing an eternal flame. All surrounded with drapery and elements of French gardens. In red on white.
place: label: made in
content: Nantes, 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: Bequest of Elinor Merrell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1995-50-32
objectType: label: Type
content: printed, dyed & painted textiles
label: Type
content: Textile
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved copper plates on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 243.8 × 92.1 cm (8 ft. × 36 1/4 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Repeat H: 99 cm (39 in.)