Furnishing Fabric

Textiles

1827-40

Designed by Philippe Wyngaert (Flemish, active c. 1820) after engravings by Jean-Pierre-Marie Jazet (French, 1788-1871) and paintings by Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (French, 1778-1865)
France, possibly Alsace or Bolbec

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Textiles

Artists: Philippe Wyngaert (Designer) , Jean-Pierre-Marie Jazet (Engraver) , Henri Jean-Baptiste Victoire Fradelle (Artist (original))
Title: Furnishing Fabric
Places: France (Object made in), Alsace (Object made in), Bolbec (Object made in), Europe (Object made in)
Date: Made 1827-1840
Medium: Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed
Inscriptions: Copperplate printed below each repeating scene: Belinde à sa toilette; Othello racontant l'histoire de sa vie à Desdemona; Marie Stuart et son secrétaire; Leceister visitant Amy Robsart
Dimensions: 234 × 77.8 cm (92 1/8 × 30 5/8 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 66.7 cm (26 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Mildred Davison
Reference Number: 1985.75
IIIF Manifest The International Image Interoperability Framework (IIIF) represents a set of open standards that enables rich access to digital media from libraries, archives, museums, and other cultural institutions around the world. Learn more.: https://api.artic.edu/api/v1/artworks/103919/manifest.json

Starr Siegele. “Tales in Textiles.” Rotunda 34 no. 2 (Winter 2001): 20-27.

Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Gift, Bequest and Purchase- A Selection of Textile Acquisitions from 1982-1987, Mar. 18-Aug.14, 1989.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Engraved Imagery: Literary Subjects on Cloth, Feb. 22–May 14, 1995, brochure.
Art Institute of Chicago, Elizabeth F. Cheney and Agnes Allerton Textile Galleries, Music and Movement: Rhythm in Textile Design, May 18, 2018-Jan. 6, 2019.

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