Wallpaper Panel depicting Spring with female herm

Designer Charles Percier French
ca. 1808
Not on view
Wallpaper panel from a set of four after designs by Charles Percier. The panel is composed of many handmade sheets pasted together and then printed.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Wallpaper Panel depicting Spring with female herm
  • Artist: Jacquemart et Bénard (French, active 1791–1809)
  • Designer: Charles Percier (French, Paris 1764–1838 Paris)
  • Date: ca. 1808
  • Medium: Grisaille on green ground
  • Dimensions: 63 1/4 × 39 1/2 in. (160.7 × 100.3 cm)
  • Classifications: Wallpaper, Ornament & Architecture, Prints
  • Credit Line: Gift of Harvey Smith, 1977
  • Object Number: 1977.595.135
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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