Woodblock 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.

Piece of printed cotton, polychrome on white ground showing vignette of couple in swing supported by two trees above, two figures in classical dress, on wingèd, one holding garland of flowers, somewhat stained, a number of small holes; probably from the same fabric as 55.103.

Panel, rounded at lower end, made of 1 1/4 widths of cotton (no selvedges remain).  Cherry-red copperplate print on white ground.  Nine vignettes; family in horsecart, riders on causeway approaching town gate, fiddler and bagpipe-player, hurdy-gurdy with drummer and dancers, pedlar with mule, goats and cow resting, town harbor with classical ruin, Commedia dell'Arte players on platform stage, women roasting meat on a spit.  A few brown and pink stains (run of dyes?); cotton in good condition, two small holes.

Piece of printed cotton, polychrome on white ground showing see-saw with a man on one end, a figure in classical dress at the fulcrum and a seated couple at the other end; right selvedge present; some of a brown dye rotting out.

Cotton panel printed in red with design entitled "Telemachus and Calypso" on white ground. Two-and-one-half repeats. Mythological scene depicting Telemachus and Calypso in woodland setting with attendants, enclosed in classical oval cartouche. Other classical and floral ornaments including putti, swags, urns, and medallions. Condition: Fair; square section cut out of one end.

1796, Nantes

1796, Nantes

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