The Inauguration of The Port of Cherbourg by Louis XVI (Furnishing Fabric)

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Status

Currently Off View

Department

Textiles

Artist

Jean Baptiste Huet (Designer)

Title

The Inauguration of The Port of Cherbourg by Louis XVI (Furnishing Fabric)

Place

Nantes (Object made in:)

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Made 1786–1789

Medium

Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed

Dimensions

201.6 × 93.4 cm (79 3/8 × 36 3/4 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 98.1 cm (38 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Robert Allerton

Reference Number

1924.815

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