"Paris" Textile

Designer Louis Süe French

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The feathered plume generically suggests a fleur-de-lys (lily flower), traditional symbol for the French Bourbon monarchy. Süe probably selected the motif to evoke the grandeur of the eighteenth-century ancien-régime while avoiding any specific political references.

"Paris" Textile, Louis Süe (French, Bordeaux 1875–1968 Paris), Silk

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