Cloth Fragment
- Object Name:
- Cloth Fragment
- Object ID:
- 1975.056.35 a-b
- Creator:
- Wyngaert, Philippe
Engraver - Place of Origin:
- Normandy, France
- Date:
- circa 1820
- Description:
- Cloth fragments. Documentary. French. Textile design titled "Plaisir de l'été" (Pleasure of Summer) by Philippe Wyngaert c. 1820. Cylinder printed in purple on plain woven cotton. Scenes of pastoral vignettes. Background of right diagonal hatching and three leaf clover.
A. Two pieces hand blanket-stitched seamed. Uneven seams pressed flat, one side measures 1", selvedge visible, other cut edge 0.25". Four unevenly cut raw edges. Three scenes, two cut off. Scene one: man and woman behind a tree, near body of water. Woman wears head cover, man wears top hat, front of a boat, half of a pole with fishing net attached dangling over water. Scene two: man, woman sitting side by side on stones, man looking at woman, grasps her wrist, top hat, cane balance on the stone, woman wears empire waisted gown, looking away from man. Scene three: two pairs of feet on a flat surface, stones with flowers and greens growing in between, etched on stone "PH WYNGAERT".
B. Four scenes, two full, three cut off. Scene one: man wearing top hat and coat holding stick in the air, two boys one holding coat other clings to tree trunk, mill in the background. Scene two: textile center, woman,little boy standing side by side playing instruments, two women, two boys dancing in a circle. Scene three: roof of a stone structure with three chimneys, 11 windows. Scene four: a boy standing next to tree on the bank of a body of water holding fishing pole, house in the background, the other half of scene one from fragment A. - Material:
- Textile
Cotton - Dimensions:
- W-20.5 L-7 inches
- Provenance:
- Made in Normandy, France. Designed by Philippe Wyngaert, c. 1820.
- Credit Line:
- Gift of William L. Warren
- Subjects:
- Textile printing, Textiles plate printed, Couples, Children, Fishing, Trees, Flowers, Clover leaf, Dance, Furnitures
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