Design for a tulle "frivolité"
Designed by Atelier de H. Mereau French
Published by Fleury Chavant French
Lithographed by Georges Schlatter French
Not on view
Page of book containing 185 leaves with a collection of lithographs, aquatints, engravings, and other media, with ornamental designs published by Fleury Chavant in Paris, part of the publication "Guide du Dessinateur de l'industrie: une macédoine de dessins variés , tels que fleurs, ornemens, etc. ... Ouvrage destiné aux fabricants et dessinateurs de soieries... et Papiers Peints..." This page consists of a design for a tulle "frivolité", made up of a bundle of stylized leaves, rosettes, and bundles of round flower buds, and two garlands with scrolling, scallop-edged ribbons, and thinner looping ribbons, with pearls, rosettes, stylized flowers and leaves, and with thin, black lines to suggest the threads of the tulle. The design is executed with black ink on thin, light brown paper.