Cloth Fragment

Title:

The Adventure of Telemachus

Object Name:

Cloth Fragment

Object ID:

1980.029.03 a-b

Creator:

Monnet, Charles (1732-1808)Artist; Walker, William (1729-1793)Engraver; Grignion, Charles (1716-1810)Engraver

Place of Origin:

England/Nantes, France

Date:

1785-1795

Description:

Cloth fragments. Design based on François Fénelon's (1651-1715) "The Adventures of Telemachus, the son of Ulysses." Two fragments of red monochrome copperplate print on plain-woven white cotton. Three scenes engraved in 1785 by Charles Grignion (1721-1810); taken from designs by Charles Monnet (1732-1808) and engraved by William Walker (1729-1793); the first titled "The Nymph Echo, changed into a Sound" shows Echo in a field looking to the sky at Hera on a cloud; the second titled "Telemachus accompanied by Mentor"of six classically adorned women under a flowering arbor sitting at a table with Telemachus and his mentor behind him; the third titled "Telemachus and Mentor after having been shipwrecked, arriving at the island of Calypso", shows Calypso approaching both men as the Mentor pulls Telemachus from the sea. Three panels of 28.5", 27.5", 10.5" widths pieced with 0.125" seams; top, bottom hemmed 0.125", one selvedge edge, one raw. B. Two panels seamed 0.125", each measuring 13" x 28", two selvedges one on each side, hand hemmed 0.125" on two sides, machine-stitched strip of cotton muslin stitched to the back (a later addition).

Material:

Textile
Cotton

Provenance:

According to family tradition provided by the donor and subsequent research, the fabric probably belonged to Dorothy "Dolly" Leavitt (1763-1851), wife of Nicholas Folsom (1759-1847) of Exeter and Gilmanton, NH. Dorothy (Leavitt) Folsom was the sister of Lydia (Leavitt) Clark (1759-1830), the great-grand- mother of Almira C. (Mrs. John H.) Evans (1858-1929) of Holderness, NH, who bequeathed the textiles to her cousin, Nellie J. Clark (1861-1941) of Holderness, NH and Randolph, VT. Nellie J. Clark gave the textiles to the donor, Marion E. Osgood (1895-1992).

Credit Line:

Gift of M. Elsie Osgood

People:

Folsom, Dorothy (1763-1851), Evans, Almira C. (1858-1929), Clark, Nellie J. (1861-1941), Osgood, Marion E. (1895-1992), Monnet, Charles (1732-After1808), Walker, William (1729-1793), Fenelon, Francois (1651-1715), Grignion, Charles (1716-1810)

Subjects:

Toile, Textiles plate printed, Calypso, Echo, Hera, Juno, Furnitures