The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 19, 2024
Wall Covering with Classical Figure
late 1700s - early 1800s
designed by
(French, 1723–1805)
manufactured by
(French)
Overall: 210.2 x 61 cm (82 3/4 x 24 in.); Mounted: 218.4 x 71.1 cm (86 x 28 in.)
Location: not on view
Description
France developed a thriving silk industry in Lyon with the goal of becoming the fashion center of Europe. Employment soared to some 20,000 workers by the time of the French Revolution in 1789. Designs changed annually, colors established new fashions, and spectacular silks were produced during the late 1700s. Philippe de Lasalle, trained as a painter by François Boucher, became the celebrated chief textile designer for Camille Pernon & Cie, purveyors to King Louis XVI (reigned 1785-90). Lasalle’s floral style with large and balanced designs, enhanced here with a fashionable classical figure, displays his preference for lighter forms without the opulent gold thread of earlier brocaded silks.- 1945(French & Company, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)1945-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Hawley, Henry H. Neo-Classicism: Style and Motif. [Cleveland]: Cleveland Museum of Art; distributed by H.N. Abrams, New York, 1964. cat. no. 68
- Gallery 202 textile rotation. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (June 15, 2008-June 30, 2009); (May 19, 2014-May 5, 2015); (May 6, 2019-May 2020).In Pursuit of Fashion: Decorative Textiles in 18th Century France. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (August 1, 1989-March 3, 1991).Pompeii as Source and Inspiration: Reflections in Eighteenth- and Nineteenth- Century Art. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (organizer) (April 7-May 15, 1977).Pompeii as Source and Inspiration: Reflections in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Art. University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI (April 7-May 15, 1977).Neo-classicism: Style and Motif. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer).
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1945.97