"Les Francais en Egypte" [French in Egypt]
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1814
name: label: Designer
content: Jean-Julien Deltil, 1791 – 1863
label: Manufacturer
content: Joseph Dufour et Cie., French, 1752–1827
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Four panels from "Les Francais en Egypt" pasted on a screen. The inscription beneath the broken column in left foreground panel is "Le 20 Mars 1800, 10,000 Francais Commandes par le Brave Kleber ont vaincu 80,000 Turcs dans les plaines d'Heliopolis.." The second panel shows conquered Turks resting, and marching French soldiers.The third panel, a tall obelisk; the fourth, the French encampment with a group of cavalry led by Kléber on a white horse. Vivid colors with a grey sky and a black marbleized border at bottom.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Wallcoverings Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of F. Burrall Hoffman
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-12-1
objectType: label: Type
content: Wallcoverings
label: Object Name
content: Scenic - panels
label: Type
content: Scenic - panels
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Block printed on handmade paper
label: Dimensions
content: Other (For entire screen): 230.7 x 307.7 x 2.2 cm (7 ft. 6 13/16 in. x 10 ft. 1 1/8 in. x 7/8 in.)