Screen Decorated with 'Les Jardins Français'

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Manufacturer
Zuber & Cie, Rixheim, Alsace, France, founded 1797
Designer
Pierre-Antoine Mongin, French
Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Three panel screen, featuring classically-styled building in center, with colonnade running to left side of panel, containing nine figural sculptures. In front of building is obelisk. In foreground are two seated figures, with woman holding small child, in front of monument topped with beast. The back of each screen is divided into three sections by crossbars, each containing a printed green square on dark gray ground.
Credit Line
Gift of Channing Hare
1821
Accession Number
1971-7-3
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Wallcoverings
Object Name
screen
Type
screen
Medium
block printed on paper
Dimensions
Overall: 180.3 x 193.4 cm (5 ft. 11 in. x 6 ft. 4 1/8 in.)
made in
Alsace, Rixheim, France
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1971-7-3
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq412ef90c3-6783-4fa6-affc-55579178760a
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