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(Jardin aux fleurs)

Baptiste Cambray

Baptiste or Jean-Baptiste Cambray, weaver from Cambrai of c. 1300, allegedly invented 'batiste', a fine cloth.
(Wikipedia)

Alfred Bottiau
1947

Description

Stone statue of Cambray, holding a weaver's shuttle.

Inscription(s)

Batiste CAMBRAY

Signature

a. bottiau

Sculptor

Alfred-Alphonse Bottiau (Valenciennes 1889 - Valenciennes 1951), French sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Fatima Oumnia, Laissez-vous conter le Jardin Public, Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire de Cambrai (2012) (on-line).

Locatie (N 50°10'28" - E 3°14'20") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: frnp097; Photograph: 17 October 2017
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