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Toile Fragment

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Collection Type

  • Textiles

Date

1780-1795

GUSN

GUSN-48707

Description

Cotton toile fragment. Red and white views of peoples and environments of four continents.

Details

Descriptive Terms

textiles
fragments
toile (textile material)
copper engraving (printing process)
cotton (textile)
toile (textile material)
Fragment
Fragment

Inscription

Printed at bottom corner: Independe[]/Declar[] On stone monument: ANNO MDCCL[]

Pattern

Four Continents

Maker

After Huet, Jean Baptiste (Designer)

Location of Origin

Jouy, France

Dimensions

26 1/2 (W) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Charles F. Batchelder, Jr.

Accession Number

1972.7

Reference Notes

Anonymous. By a Fine Hand. [No Publisher].

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