Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Two different balloons arranged in vertical stripes as an offset pattern. Both balloons have baskets carrying passengers and are probably after contemporary prints of balloonists. Picottage background with scattered birds and butterflies. In black, two reds, lavender and blue.
- Credit Line
- Bequest of Elinor Merrell
- 1770–90
- Accession Number
- 1995-50-214-a,b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- printed, dyed & painted textiles
- Fragments
- Medium
- Medium: cotton Technique: relief printed on plain weave Label: Relief printed cotton plain weave
- Dimensions
- H x W: 90 × 43 cm (35 7/16 × 16 15/16 in.)
- H x W: 59 × 60 cm (23 1/4 × 23 5/8 in.)
- Both pieces have a selvedge on the left.
- made in
- France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Textiles Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1995-50-214-a_b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4ffa087a6-e17e-4c6b-a32f-1bbd0949fd36
