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Woodblock printed cotton: The Toilette of Venus and the Merchant of Love

1796
Object PlaceNantes, France
Medium/TechniqueBlock-printed cotton in polychrome on white
DimensionsOverall: 135.1 x 82.6 cm (53 3/16 x 32 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Miss Gertrude Townsend
Accession number48.1352
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsTextiles
Favre, Petitpierre & Cie.
1783
Manufacture of Petitpierre et Cie
about 1785
Dress
1775–90
late 18th century
William Morris
Design registered 1875
William Morris
Design registered 1875
Curtain
Ruth Reeves
1930s
Textile fragment
late 18th to early 19th century