Le Ballon de Gonesse
date: label: Date
content: 1784
name: label: Designer
content: Jean-Baptiste Huet, French, 1745 – 1811
label: Producer
content: Oberkampf & Cie., (Jouy-en-Josas, France, 1759–1815)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: The design was assembled from contemporary prints depicting two separate balloon flights from Paris in 1783. One balloon landed in the village of Gonesse; frightened villagers mistook the ballon for a monster and called for an exorcism. The second flight, the first to carry human passengers (Nicolas Robert and Jacquest Charles), landed on the Nesles plain 22 miles from Paris, where it was met by a delegation of citizens. Printed in red on white cotton, seamed in the center; both selvedges present.
place: label: made in
content: Jouy, 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: 1961-116-5-a
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
label: Dimensions
content: Warp x Weft: 134.6 x 91.4 cm (53 x 36 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Repeat H: 100.3 cm (39 1/2 in.)