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A promotional panel for a silk weaving company has a crowned lion, taken from the coat-of-arms of Lyons, that stands on his hind legs on a floating cloud. A right paw rests on a stack of crates while the left one points to an inscription: "Soieries Ponson & Cie, Lyon. Behind the lion, on the right, is a steamship with an American flag. On the left is a locomotive. A brilliant rayed sun shines directly behind the lion's head.
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Details
- Title: Panel
- Date Created: 1850–1900
- Location Created: Lyon, France
- Contributor: Ponson et Cie
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Medium: silk Technique: jacquard woven; predominantly warp-face plain weave (blue) with discontinuous supplementary wefts (multicolor) variously bound on the front and free-floating on the back
- Credit line: Gift of Mrs. Edward C. Moen
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