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Length of furnishing fabric
Possibly manufactured by: Grand Frères (French)
French (Lyons)
mid-19th century
Object Place: Lyons?, France
Medium/Technique
Silk; jacquard woven
Dimensions
53.34 x 90.49 cm (21 x 35 5/8 in.)
Credit Line
Morris and Louise Rosenthal Fund
Accession Number1999.460
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope, Fashion and Textiles
ClassificationsTextiles
DescriptionLength with red satin ground, green rectangular cartouches with alternating designs of satyr playing a lute and satyr pouring a libation. Cartouches surrounded by arabesques of black, yellow, and green, backed with red silk plain weave. Design resembles that of a textile found in the Casita del Labrador à Aranjuez, designed by Dugourc and woven by Pernon in 1797. This textile was probably woven by the Lyon firm of Grand Frères, the successor to Pernon, because it is unlikely that another firm would have appropriated such a famous design. This design is an example of the neoclassical revival (in the style of Bidermeier), and the colors indicate that it was produced for the European market.
ProvenancePurchased by dealer at auction by Vincent de Muizon - Dominique Le Coent, Senlis France; formerly in a "grand Parisian collection"