A decorated French textile…
A decorated French textile.
France: circa 1830.
Printed textile, 720 x 770 mm, mounted and attractively framed (externally 1000 x 1050 mm).
Exotica of the New World
A desirable and imaginative piece of French block-printed textile dating from the Age of Discovery.
A desirable and imaginative piece of French block-printed textile dating from the Age of Discovery.
The design reflects the excitement for European spectators of the splendid eighteenth and early nineteenth-century voyages exploring new worlds. The discovery of exotic places and meetings with distant peoples, ships on voyages of discovery, and sea-battles, are woven together here encapsulating how the exploration of the Pacific and the Americas were seen.
Provenance: From a New York private collection.
Condition Report: In very good original condition.
Price (AUD): $3,250.00
US$2,114.94 Other currencies