Les Quatre Elements
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1810
name: label: Designer
content: B. M. Lebert, 1759–1836
label: Producer
content: Hartmann et Fils, (Munster, France)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two wide stripes showing the Four Elements: on the left is Venus in half shell drawn by dolphins and Pluto or Saturn seated next to a globe of the earth; On the right Juno in a chariot drawn by peacocks and Vulcan at his forge. Stripe up center contains symbols of the four elements: Salamander for fire, Fruit and garden tools for earth, Fish, shells and nets for water, plus an eagle and wind instrument for air. Narrow border on right contains the twelve signs of the zodiac.
place: label: made in
content: Munster, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1978-140-5
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; mordant for red on white
label: Dimensions
content: Repeat H: 48.3 cm (19 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Warp x Weft: 71 x 84 cm (27 15/16 x 33 1/16 in.)