Black and white printed textile with repeating ovals showing draped standing figures beside a column, diamonds with birds, and shields on a patterned ground.

Venus and Minerva, Furnishing Fabric, c. 1805

A black-and-white printed cotton furnishing fabric showing a repeating pattern of ovals, diamonds and shields. Two ovals contain standing draped female figures beside a column, and vertical figures flank the motifs in a dense ornamental field.

Artist: Jean Baptiste Huet
Date: c. 1805
Medium: Cotton, plain weave; engraved roller printed
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
Size: 1686 × 2125 px

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19th century 1800s 1805 cotton neoclassical ornamental pattern furnishing fabric jean-baptiste huet printed textile monochrome