Book Cover
Record status
Individual type · partial
Period
late 18th century
This late eighteenth-century French book cover is executed with intricate beadwork over a paper board foundation. It measures 16.8 by 25.5 cm (6 5/8 by 10 in.) and features decorative compositions designed in the pastoral style associated with the French artist Jean Baptiste Huet (1745–1811).
The front panel depicts a central pastoral trophy arrangement against a pale, beaded ground, incorporating floral bouquets, a basket, and shepherd or musical emblems. This central vignette is framed by an elaborate decorative border composed of scrolling foliage, leafy vines, and floral buds rendered in tones of green, gold, and pink. The construction consists of paper board covered with silk and glass beads applied in beadwork technique. The perimeter is edged with plain-weave silk and silk wrapped in gilt metal strips, and the interior is lined with plain-weave silk.
Evidence at a glance
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Physical characteristics
- Material
- Paper board, covered with silk and glass beads, beaded; edged with silk and gilt-metal-strip-wrapped silk, plain weave; lined with silk, plain weave
- Dimensions
- 16.8 × 25.5 cm (6 5/8 × 10 in.)
Technical characteristics
- Maker recorded
- Designed in the style of Jean Baptiste Huet (French, 1745–1811), France
- Place recorded
- France
Identification
- Source note
- Transcribed from the Art Institute of Chicago collection record for this single object; how far it represents a wider collectible type has not been independently verified.
- Museum object name
- Book Cover
- Museum object number
- 1991.174
Catalogue references
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