Textile
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Fragment with a small-scale chinoiserie design in red, brown and black. Pattern shows a man in a tall hat and long robe fishing as a woman looks at him through an arch; at right, a servant offers refreshments. At the far right is a fantastic arch with an acrobat balancing at the top on one foot. A projecting arm draped in cloth is attached to the top of the arch, and on the end sits a lute player. At the far left is a tall spray of roses and foliage. In the foreground of the vignette is foliage and fruit. Some picotage in background. Overprinting of brown and red to give shading.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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 Au Panier Fleuri Fund
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1955-14-1
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: blocked printed on plain weave
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 42 × 68.6 cm (16 9/16 in. × 27 in.)