Panel, Ponson et Cie, 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, 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., Lyon, France, 1850-1900, woven textiles, Panel