Textile Design with Vertical and Horizontal Rows of Stylized Bullet-Shaped Flowers with Pearls as Pistils, Placed Alternately Horizontally and Verticallly, and Quatrefoils Forming In-Between the Flowers
Rectangular sheet of paper with a textile design from a group, dated 1840, made in Mulhouse, Alsace, which was an important nineteenth-century center for textile production in the Haut-Rhin region of France. The design is made up of vertical and horizontal rows of stylized bullet-shape flowers with six pearls as pistils, placed alternately horizontally and verticallly, and quatrefoils forming in-between the stylized flowers. The stylized flowers are of light tan color with red outlines and the pearls are of white color over a stippled ground of dark brown color. The quatrefoils are of light tan color with dark brown stipples over a dark brown ground.
Artwork Details
- Title: Textile Design with Vertical and Horizontal Rows of Stylized Bullet-Shaped Flowers with Pearls as Pistils, Placed Alternately Horizontally and Verticallly, and Quatrefoils Forming In-Between the Flowers
- Artist: Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century
- Date: 1840
- Medium: Gouache
- Dimensions: Sheet: 2 3/16 × 2 5/16 in. (5.6 × 5.9 cm)
- Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Museum Accession, transferred from the Library
- Object Number: 1978.671.5(25.7)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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