In the middle, in front of the window, is an embroidery loom. Two girls are seated on each side of the loom and lean over their work. The loom is tilted toward the girl on the right and she seems to seize the needle which has just crossed the fabric. She has two pendent curls on each side of her face. The girl on the left, whose face cannot be seen, is working in a similar fashion. A thick curtain is stretched across the lower panes of the window and the girls are only visible from the waist upwards. (From a drawing dated May, 1855, belonging to Mr. Heseltine of London)
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Notes:
Title from catalogue raisonné.
Hédiard: H. 143
Additional information accompanying item: Margins rectified. Signature below to the left - "Fantin." 7 or 8 trial proofs before the edition given as a premium by "l'Estampe et l'Affiche" with the issue of March 15, 1898. Executed in 1898 directly on the stone, after a drawing done in 1860. Imp. Clot. Reproduced in "La Revue de l'Art ancien et moderne" of Jan. 1899 and on the cover of the catalogue of the exhibition of Fantin's lithographs at the Luxembourg, June 1899.
Notes (acquisition):
Gift; Albert H. Wiggin; 1949
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Hédiard, Germain. "Fantin-Latour : catalogue de l'oeuvre lithographique du maître, précédé d'une étude par Germain Hédiard et d'une notice sur Germain Hédiard par Léonce Bénédite." Librairie de l'art ancien et moderne, 1906, Paris.
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