Les Monuments de Paris
Furnishing Fabric
ca. 1816 (made)
ca. 1816 (made)
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This furnishing textile, following the contemporary fashion for framing scenes within medallions against a diapered ground, celebrates the architectural glories of Paris: the Pont Neuf and the colonnade of the Louvre in rectangular frames, the Pantheon in an octagonal frame and the Fountain of the Innocents in a circular frame. This design was printed in four colourways: red, purple, red and yellow, and purple and yellow. The yellow would have been added using wooden blocks.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Les Monuments de Paris (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Plate printed cotton |
| Brief description | Furnishing fabric, plate-printed cotton, Monuments of Paris, ca. 1816 |
| Physical description | Views of noted monuments and buildings in Paris are shown. |
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| Summary | This furnishing textile, following the contemporary fashion for framing scenes within medallions against a diapered ground, celebrates the architectural glories of Paris: the Pont Neuf and the colonnade of the Louvre in rectangular frames, the Pantheon in an octagonal frame and the Fountain of the Innocents in a circular frame. This design was printed in four colourways: red, purple, red and yellow, and purple and yellow. The yellow would have been added using wooden blocks. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | 1622-1899 |
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| Record created | December 15, 1999 |
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