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Textile (France)
This is a Textile. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1931. Its medium is silk and its technique is printed by engraved plate and hand-colored with watercolor and metallic pigments on plain weave. It is a part of the Textiles department.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled The Astronomer.
This object was
donated by
Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
- Telescope, Transit of Venus
- brass, iron, glass.
- Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History, 2006.0182.02-03.
- 14.2012.72
- Teapot with Chinoiserie Vignettes Teapot
- hard paste porcelain, vitreous enamel, gold.
- Bequest of Erskine Hewitt.
- 1938-57-651-a,b
Its dimensions are
H x W: 53 x 69.5 cm (20 7/8 x 27 3/8 in.)
Cite this object as
Textile (France); silk; H x W: 53 x 69.5 cm (20 7/8 x 27 3/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-48-100