Bidspirit auction | Portrait Of George Washington, Jacquard-Woven

Portrait Of George Washington, Jacquard-Woven Silk Damask Textile, 1856 - Portrait Of George Washington, Jacquard-Woven Silk Damask Textile, C. 1856. Reads ”FIRST IN PEACE- AND FIRST IN THE HEARTS OF HIS COUNTRYMEN” and ”Lyon 1856.” A comparable example is held in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution (reference: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq43cbed988-02d9-48a5-b24b-19948a6d51f6). As framed approximately 30.0H x 24.875W x 1.0D in. Sight approximately 19.5H x 14.5W in. Provenance: From the private collection of Joel Rothschild.