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Sidewall, La Chasse au Faucon (Falcon hunt)
This is a sidewall. It was made by Jacquemart & Bénard. It is dated 1794–97 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is block printed on handmade paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.
This arabesque design showing nearly a full repeat is printed in the single column format and contains two different landscape views. A falcon hunt shown at the top is depicted in the playful manner of the fête galante, while the image below suggests the entrance to a park, which had become a new fashion in landscape design. Arabesque wallpaper designs frequently defy all logic of gravity, as seen here, with the different views or landscape plateaus being delicately balanced on, or suspended from another element. These two seemingly floating plateaus are delicately connected by vining tendrils. Arabesque designs were inspired by the excavations at the recently discovered ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum.
This object was
donated by
Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- Sidewall, Horses
- screen printed on paper.
- Gift of Harvey Smith and Benjamin Piazza.
- 1952-34-3
- Sidewall, Le Printemps from Les Quatre Saisons
- block-printed on handmade paper.
- Museum purchase from the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition....
- 1994-101-12-a,b
- Drawing, Wall Elevation of a Bedroom Alcove
- pen and brown ink, brush and watercolor, white gouache, graphite on white....
- Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council.
- 1911-28-261
Our curators have highlighted 4 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:
- Figure of Asia Panel
- fruitwood.
- Gift of the Estate of James Hazen Hyde.
- 1960-1-15-a
- Frieze (USA)
- machine-printed, distemper colors.
- Gift of Paul F. Franco.
- 1938-50-17-a,b
- Print, Wall Decoration, Plate IX from Le loggie di Rafaele nel Vaticano...
- brush and watercolor, gouache over etching on white wove paper.
- Gift of Unknown Donor.
- 1980-32-1740
Its dimensions are
H x W: 104 x 54.5 cm (40 15/16 x 21 7/16 in.)
Cite this object as
Sidewall, La Chasse au Faucon (Falcon hunt); Made by Jacquemart & Bénard (France); France; block printed on handmade paper; H x W: 104 x 54.5 cm (40 15/16 x 21 7/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-45-28
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Hewitt Sisters Collect, Rooms with a View: Landscape & Wallpaper and The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.
