La danse des noirs

Unknown (French)


Item type:
textile, clothing and costume
Date of creation:
ca. 1780
Height:
40.5 cm  (15 15/16 in.)
Width:
39.4 cm  (15 1/2 in.)
Technique / Medium:
Linen and cotton, plain weave; block printed
Place of creation:
Jouy-en-Josas

Additional titles

The dance of the blacks
Victory tree

    Item location

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    [Museum inv. no.: 1925.152]Gift of Robert Allerton

Description

A man playing a curved horn is part of the design, which is a revolutionary symbol. France, Jouy-en-Josas.

Instruments [MIMO Code] (notes)

Horn [4118]

RIdIM images


Image URLs

image link 1

Bibliographic references

Owens, Margareth Boyer. Art Institute of Chicago. RIdIM/RCMI inventory of music iconography, no. 2. Edited by Terence Ford (New York: Research Center for Musical Iconography, 1987) 218 da 83. RILM 1988-275.

RIdIM record id

1748