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Display Status

This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.

Object Details

Type

ART-Fabric/Textile

Medium

Textile, Printed

Physical Description

Section of a printed textile with the pattern done in red ink on a white background. Right side of the textile shows a balloon aloft with observers watching from the ground. The top edge of the textile appears to show the bottom of a scene of the peasants of Gonesse attacking the fallen Montgolfier balloon. The rest of the pattern shows figures and buildings. Edges are unfinished.

Dimensions

2-D - Unframed (H x W): 44.5 × 72.4cm (17 1/2 × 28 1/2 in.)

Inventory Number

A20140924000

Credit Line

Gift of the Norfolk Charitable Trust

Data Source

National Air and Space Museum

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