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Woodblock printed cotton: The Toilette of Venus and the Merchant of Love
Maker: Favre, Petitpierre & Cie.
French (Nantes)
1796
Object Place: Nantes, France
Medium/Technique
Block-printed cotton in polychrome on white
Dimensions
Overall: 135.1 x 82.6 cm (53 3/16 x 32 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Miss Gertrude Townsend
Accession Number48.1352
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionWoodblock printed cotton by Favre, Petitpierre et Cie. showing the Toilette of Venus under a neoclassic canopy and with a corinthian tholos in the background; this scene is alternated with scenes of the Merchant of Love. Secondary subjects include a fishing scene, a grist mill, a courting couple in the 18th century dress and a peasant with a castle in the background. Polychrome; pieced.