Marie-Bonaventure Lebert for Hartmann et Fils
Further images
Roller-printed cotton "Les Quatres Éléments" designed by Marie-Bonaventure Lebert (1759–1836) and printed in black on yellow cotton by Hartmann et Fils in Munster. Wide vertical bands with alternating vignettes; on the left, Amphitrite (water) and Bacchus (earth); on the right, Vulcan (fire) and Juno (air); the background with overlapping scales; the inner band with elaborate trophies; the outer border with zodiacal signs.
Panels of this cotton are in the collections of the Allentown Art Museum (1979.3.1); Art Institute of Chicago (1993.329); Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (1978-140-5); Musée de l’Impression sur Étoffes (858.127.1); Musée des Arts Décoratifs de l'Océan Indien (sold by Cora Ginsburg LLC); and Philadelphia Museum of Art (1929-164-258). A number of surviving pen-and-ink-and-wash drawings in the collection of Cooper Hewitt (1898-21-10a-c, 1898-21-11, 1898-21-12a, 1898-21-12b, 1898-21-13) illustrate the progression of Lebert’s conception.
Literature
Illustrated in Clouzot, "La tradition de la toile imprimee en Alsace," La Renaissance de l'art français et des industries de luxe (January 1919), p.288; and Tuchscherer, The Fabrics of Mulhouse and Alsace 1801-1850 (1972), fig 9; and Riffel et al, Toile de Jouy (2003), fig. 165.
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