Title

Les Quatre Parties du Monde (Four Quarters of the Globe) (Furnishing Fabric), France, c.1794. Indigenous people with a crocodile or alligator; flying fish, swans and squirrels; Cupid presenting a miniature building to a woman in a crown. Designed by Jean Baptiste Huet, Engraved by Johann Elias Ridinger, manufactured by Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf.

Caption

Les Quatre Parties du Monde (Four Quarters of the Globe) (Furnishing Fabric), France, c.1794. Creator: Christophe-Philippe Oberkampf.

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Reference

HRM21B33_251

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,7Mb (2,3Mb) / 16,5in x 14,2in / 4960 x 4274 (300dpi)

Keywords

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