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Rectangular piece of printed cotton
French
late 18th–early 19th century
Object Place: France
Medium/Technique
Printed cotton
Dimensions
56 x 46.5 cm (22 1/16 x 18 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Textile Income Purchase Fund
Accession Number49.328
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionCoarse cotton ground, printed with woodblocks in brownish purple. Two vertical repeats of design showing two seated women, a goat, and a man in a wooded area. The man holds the goat's head while one woman lifts its leg and a child in her lap drinks from its udder. The other woman holds two shallow dishes or pans and looks away at a fountain. Many small holes.