Les Huit Mois
Furnishing Fabric
1780-1800 (manufactured)
1780-1800 (manufactured)
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Furnishing fabric, plate-printed cotton. Four scenes printed in red on a white ground, various figures in outside scenes representing the seasons, three scenes intact on this fragment.
Above: Scene beside a lake, large building in background, fisherman, two women, one holding a distaff, the other a basket, and a workman doing with a tree stump.
Lower left: Male and female peasant dancing while other peasant women sit looking on, beside a bridge over a river and small buildings in background
Lower right: Man and woman in formal garden surrounded by statues, urns, topiary and fountain, a barefoot slave brings a tray of fruit to the woman while man holds a parasol over her head. Another kneeling servant picks flowers.
Above: Scene beside a lake, large building in background, fisherman, two women, one holding a distaff, the other a basket, and a workman doing with a tree stump.
Lower left: Male and female peasant dancing while other peasant women sit looking on, beside a bridge over a river and small buildings in background
Lower right: Man and woman in formal garden surrounded by statues, urns, topiary and fountain, a barefoot slave brings a tray of fruit to the woman while man holds a parasol over her head. Another kneeling servant picks flowers.
Object details
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Object type | |
Title | Les Huit Mois (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Plate-printed cotton |
Brief description | 'Les Huit Mois' furnishing fabric panel, 1750-1774, French; Nantes, made by Favre Petitpierre et Cie |
Physical description | Furnishing fabric, plate-printed cotton. Four scenes printed in red on a white ground, various figures in outside scenes representing the seasons, three scenes intact on this fragment. Above: Scene beside a lake, large building in background, fisherman, two women, one holding a distaff, the other a basket, and a workman doing with a tree stump. Lower left: Male and female peasant dancing while other peasant women sit looking on, beside a bridge over a river and small buildings in background Lower right: Man and woman in formal garden surrounded by statues, urns, topiary and fountain, a barefoot slave brings a tray of fruit to the woman while man holds a parasol over her head. Another kneeling servant picks flowers. |
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Credit line | Mayoux Collection |
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Accession number | T.404-1919 |
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Record created | April 20, 2009 |
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