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Textile, A la gloire de Louis XVI

This is a Textile. It was company: Gorgerat Frères et Cie.. It is dated 1789 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is cotton and its technique is printed by engraved copper plate on plain weave foundation. component "b" is embellished with embroidery in satin stitch (woman's cap and fleur de lys) and stem stitch (netlike covering over globe). It is a part of the Textiles department.

This object was bequest of Elinor Merrell. It is credited Bequest of Elinor Merrell.

Its dimensions are

Warp x Weft (a): 81 × 137.5 cm (31 7/8 × 54 1/8 in.) Warp x Weft (b): 67 × 121 cm (26 3/8 × 47 5/8 in.)

It is inscribed

Several mottos in French as part of the design: "la liberte ou la mort" heldby a putti in a cartouche and and incomplete "sans la liberte de mo"..

Cite this object as

Textile, A la gloire de Louis XVI; Company: Gorgerat Frères et Cie.; France; cotton; Warp x Weft (a): 81 × 137.5 cm (31 7/8 × 54 1/8 in.) Warp x Weft (b): 67 × 121 cm (26 3/8 × 47 5/8 in.); Bequest of Elinor Merrell; 1995-50-31-a,b

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