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Picture (France)

This is a Picture. It was manufactured by Fd Potton Rambaud Cie. and after Winterhalter and woven by Michel-Marie Carquillat and made for (as the client) Leaf Coles Smith Co. It is dated 1850s and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is silk and its technique is jacquard woven. 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: 112 x 68.5 cm (44 1/8 x 26 15/16 in.)

It is signed

Woven signatures: "Executed by Fd Potton Rambaud Cie silk manufacturer in Lyon;" "Tissee par Carquillat"

It is inscribed

Woven under portrait: "Dedicated to his Royal Highness Prince Albert the Great Patron of Art By his Obediant humble servants Leaf Coles Smith Co." Under picture: "apres Winterhalter"

Cite this object as

Picture (France); Woven by Michel-Marie Carquillat (Michel-Marie Carquillat (French, 1803–1884)); Manufactured by Fd Potton Rambaud Cie.; After Winterhalter; Client: Leaf Coles Smith Co (United Kingdom); silk; Warp x Weft: 112 x 68.5 cm (44 1/8 x 26 15/16 in.); Bequest of Elinor Merrell; 1995-50-369

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