Public-domain art from Nantes

65 plates · 18th century to 19th century · 46 attributed

• Les Nouveaux Elements (Furnishing Fabric) Designed by Samuel Cholet (French, 1786–1874)c. 1815
• “Paul and Virginie” Furnishing Fabric Manufactured by Petitpierre et Cie. (French, c. 1790-1802)c. 1795
• Le Combat des Horaces et des Curiaces (Furnishing Fabric) Designed by Francois Pieters (French, active c. 1820) after engravings by Antoine Alexandre Morel (French, 1740-1822) and others after painting by Jacques-Louis David (French, 1771-1835) and drawing by Jean Jacques Francois Lebarbier (French, 1738-1826)c. 1820
• Le Mouton Chéri (Furnishing Fabric) Engraved by Louis marin Bonnet (French, 1736-1793) after Francois Boucher (French, 1703-1770) and other artistsc. 1785
• Neptune or L'Empire de la Mer (Neptune or the Empire of the Sea) (Furnishing Fabric) Possibly designed by Belorgé or Samuel Cholet (French, 1786-1874)c. 1795
• Le Tombeau de Voltaire (Voltaire's Tomb) (Furnishing Fabric) Manufactured by Pierre Dubern et Cie. (French, 1780-1813)c. 1785
• Le Char de l'Aurore (The Chariot of Dawn) (Furnishing Fabric) After works by Guido Reni (Italian, 1575–1642) and other artists1785/89
• Panurge dans l'île des lanternes (Panurge on the Isle of Lanterns) (Furnishing Fabric) Manufactured by Petitpierre et Cie. (French, 1760-1791)1785/90
• La Danseuse de Corde (The Tight Rope Walker) (Furnishing Fabric) Manufactured by Petitpierre et Cie. (French, 1760-1791)1785/90
• La Motte-Piquet Sauve un Convoi (Motte-Piquet Saves a Convoy) (Furnishing Fabric) Pierre Ozanne (French, 1737-1815)1782
• Le Port de Mer (The Seaport) (Furnishing Fabric) Engraved by Jean jacques Le Veau (French, 1729-1785) after Claude Joseph Vernet (French, 1714-1789) c. 1780
• Le Temple de L'Amour (The Temple of Love) (Furnishing Fabric) Manufactured by Gorgerat Frères et Cie.c. 1785
• Psyche et L'Armour (The Story of Cupid and Psyche) (Furnishing Fabric) Manufactured by Gorgerat Frères et Cie (French, 1783-1815)c. 1790
• Le Tombeau de Jean Jacques Rousseau (The Tomb of Jean Jacques Rousseau) (Furnishing Fabric) Designed by Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811) after Jean Michel Moreau, the Younger (French, 1741–1814)after 1778
• Panel (Furnishing Fabric) France, Nantesc. 1785
• Triomphe de Voltaire (Triumph of Voltaire) (Furnishing Fabric) Manufactured by Petitpierre et Cie. (French, c. 1760-1791)c. 1788/93
• Le Romance du Cortés (The Song of Cortez) (Furnishing Fabric) Designed by Delmès (French, founded 1815) after artist Hyacinthe Aubry-Lecomte (French, 1787-1858)1815
• Achille reconnu par Ullysse (Achilles Recognized by Ulysses) (Furnishing Fabric) Manufactured by Favre-Petitpierre et Cie. (French, 1802-1818)c.1798
• Le Triomphe de l'Hyménée (Furnishing Fabric) Manufactured by Favre-Petitpierre et Cie. (French, 1802-1818)c. 1795
• Louis XIV and Mademoiselle de La Vallière (Furnishing Fabric) Engraved by Louis Charles Ruotte (French, 1754-1806) after Jean Frederic Schall (French, 1752-1825)c. 1815
• Allegorie à l'Amour (Homage to Love) (Furnishing Fabric) Possibly after Angelica Kauffman (Swiss, 1740–1807)c. 1815
• La Foire du Caire (The Cairo Fair) (Furnishing Fabric) Possibly designed by Boudry (French, active c. 1785–1800) or Courvoisier (French, active c. 1785–1800)c. 1800
• Diane Chasseresse (Diana the Huntress) (Furnishing Fabric) Designed by Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811)c. 1800
• “Paul and Virginie” Furnishing Fabric Engraved by Charles Melchior Descourtis (French, 1750-1820) after Jean Michel Moreau, the Younger (French, 1741-1814)1800/10
• Triomphe de Voltaire (Triumph of Voltaire) (Furnishing Fabric) Manufactured by Petitpierre et Cie. (French, 1760-1791)1788/93
• La Route de St. Cloud ou de Poissy (Furnishing Fabric) Designed by Carle Vernet (French, 1758–1836) and Delmès (French, founded 1815) engraved by Philibert Louis Debucourt (French, 1755-1831) after Carle Vernet (French 1758-1836)1822 or after
• Le Kakatoès (The Cockatoo) (Furnishing Fabric) Possibly Favre-Petitpierre et Cie. (French, 1802-1818) and Francois Pieters (French, active c. 1820)c. 1815
• Panel (Furnishing Fabric) France, Nantes1785/90
• La Route de Jouy (The Road to Jouy) (Furnishing Fabric) Engraved by Delmes (French, active 1815) after Carle Vernet (French, 1758-1836) and Horace Vernet (French, 1789-1863) c. 1820
• Le Bain d'Amour (Love Bath) (Furnishing Fabric) Designed by Cholet Samuel (French, 1786-1874) after paintings by Jean Baptiste Mallet (French, 1759–1835)c. 1825
• Memnon Dubern & Cie.ca. 1780
• Le char de l'aurore J.P.Meiller et Cie., 1792 – 1826ca. 1790
• Fragment of a cartoon for cotton printing: Neptune or L'Empire des Mers Petitpierre & Compe., (Nantes, France, founded 17701794
• Psyche et l'amour Petitpierre & Compe., (Nantes, France, founded 1770ca. 1790
• Cartoon for cotton printing: The Country Feast [La Fête Champêtre] Petitpierre & Compe., (Nantes, France, founded 1770ca. 1805
• Le Marchand d'Orvietan Manufacture de Dubern & Comp. a Nantesca. 1785
• Le Triomphe de Voltaire Manufacture de Dubern & Comp. a Nantesca. 1790
• La Chasse de Diane Dubey et Comp.ca. 1810
• Le Port de Mer Petitpierre Freresca. 1780
• Le Marchand d'Orvietan Dubern & Cie.ca. 1785
• Bedspread France, NantesLate 18th century
• Head cloth for Bed Set France, Nantes18th century
• Valance France, Nantesc. 1788
• The Inauguration of The Port of Cherbourg by Louis XVI (Furnishing Fabric) Designed by Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811) after cartoon by Pierre Ozanne (French, 1737-1815) c. 1787
• Le Retour de L'Ile d'Elbe (The Return from the Isle of Elba) (Furnishing Fabric) Engraved by Samuel Cholet (French, 1785–1874) after lithographs by Nicolas Toussaint Charlet (French, 1792–1895)c. 1830
• The Elements (Furnishing Fabric) Designed by Bonaventure M. Lebert (French, 1759-1836) 1810/20
• Triturus cristatus X marmoratus
• Triturus cristatus X marmoratus
• Textile 1785–90
• Le Vampire ca. 1820
• Textile 18th century
• Textile ca. 1790
• Le Vampire ca. 1820
• Fragment 1788–1795
• Mathilde et Malek Adhel ca. 1820
• Textile 1785–90
• Textile 1785–90
• Textile ca. 1800
• La Maison qui brule ca. 1785
• Textile 18th century
• Textile ca. 1790
• Textile ca. 1800
• Fragment with partial chef ca. 1795
• Diane ca. 1785
• Textile ca. 1810