L'homme bienfaisant
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1785
name: label: Company
content: Petitpierre et Cie, (Nantes, France, 1770–1848)
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Series of scenes illustrating the story of the 1780 opera, "Seigneur bienfaisant" by Floquet (1748-1785) after a book by Rochon de Chabannes (1730-1800). The principal scenes include; a man rushing to rescue a child from a burning house, an enormous wine press and a feast with a decorated raised dias. In red on white.
place: label: made in
content: Nantes, France
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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: 1995-50-33-a,b
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 (a): 212 × 77.5 cm (6 ft. 11 7/16 in. × 30 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Warp x Weft (b): 110 × 30 cm (43 5/16 × 11 13/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Repeat H: 101.5 cm (39 15/16 in.)