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Diane et Endymion

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
A sleeping Endymion woken by the goddess Diana is combined with the deer from Diana's hunt and an assortment of bucolic scenes including a bird stealing a sheep. In red on white.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Producer
Petitpierre et Cie, (Nantes, France, 1770–1848)
Date
ca. 1785
Credit Line
Bequest of Elinor Merrell
Medium
Medium: cotton Techinque: printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave
Dimensions
Warp x Weft (a): 92 × 92.5 cm (36 1/4 × 36 7/16 in.)
Warp x Weft (b): 145.5 × 56 cm (57 5/16 × 22 1/16 in.)
Warp x Weft (c): 58.5 × 35.5 cm (23 1/16 in. × 14 in.)
Repeat H (Plate H): 104 cm (40 15/16 in.)
Type
printed, dyed & painted textiles
Object Name
Fragments
Type
Fragments
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