1789.., Jouy-en-Josas

1789.., Jouy-en-Josas

Identifier
40.770c
Transfer of custody
MFA Boston
Acquisition
Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne; gift to the MFA, November 14, 1940 / Gift of Mrs. E. Crane Chadbourne
Collection
Technique
Depiction
Dimension
137.2 cm (height)
70.5 cm (width)
Production time
Production place
Type of object

Description

Fragment of a curtain; cotton, copperplate-printed blue on white with the personification of America paying homage to France; a post 1789 version of this design in which the figure of France no longer wears a crown and the fleur de lis formerly decorating the orb no longer appears