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Marriage scenes

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    Object Details

    Engraver

    Alexandre Buquet, (French, 1802–1865)

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Four scenes, captioned in French, of marriage; asking for the woman's hand, the civil ceremony, the bedding of the bride and the day after the marriage. In purple on white.

    Credit Line

    Bequest of Elinor Merrell

    Date

    ca. 1825

    Accession Number

    1995-50-198

    Restrictions & Rights

    CC0

    Type

    printed, dyed & painted textiles

    Object Name

    Textile

    Type

    Textile

    Medium

    Medium: cotton Technique: printed by engraved roller on plain weave

    Dimensions

    Warp: 175 cm (68 3/4 in.)
    Weft: 77.5 cm (30 1/2 in.)
    Height of repeat: 58 cm (22 3/4 in.)

    made in

    Rouen, France

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Textiles Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    CC0

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4556192e3-a6ee-4a92-b92e-4c0c26d45c6f

    Record ID

    chndm_1995-50-198

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