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Les Quatre Elements

Bonaventure M. Lebert, 1759–1836ca. 1810

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Two wide stripes showing the Four Elements: on the left is Venus in half shell drawn by dolphins and Pluto or Saturn seated next to a globe of the earth; On the right Juno in a chariot drawn by peacocks and Vulcan at his forge. Stripe up center contains symbols of the four elements: Salamander for fire, Fruit and garden tools for earth, Fish, shells and nets for water, plus an eagle and wind instrument for air. Narrow border on right contains the twelve signs of the zodiac.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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