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Black-and-white printed cotton textile showing classical figures, a rearing horse, a rooster, a camel, urns and drapery among leafy branches.

Les Quatre Parties du Monde (Four Quarters of the Globe) (Furnishing Fabric)

A black-and-white copperplate-printed cotton furnishing fabric with classical figures, a rearing horse, a rooster and a camel set among leafy branches, urns and drapery swags. Robed women tend a smoking altar at lower left while a large bird perches at right, all in engraved line on pale cloth.

Artist
Jean Baptiste Huet
Date
c. 1785
Medium
Cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 2485 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1798).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Robert Allerton

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