Textile Design with Vertical Rows of Alternating Lenses of Two Different Sizes Bordered by Pearls Separated by Vertical Scrolls of Ribbons Over a Stippled Background

Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century Alsatian

1840

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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 rows of alternating vertical lens-shapes of two different sizes bordered by pearls, separated by vertical scrolls of ribbons of light tan color with shades formed by stipples of dark reddish-brown color, over a light tan background with stipples of dark reddish-brown color. The larger lenses are of dark red color and are positioned over a star-like shape rendered with dark reddish-brown stipples; the smaller lenses are of black color with an off-setting shade of dark reddish-brown stipples of the same lens shape. The pearls are of white color with black outlines.

Artwork Details

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Title: Textile Design with Vertical Rows of Alternating Lenses of Two Different Sizes Bordered by Pearls Separated by Vertical Scrolls of Ribbons Over a Stippled Background
Artist: Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century
Date: 1840
Medium: Gouache
Dimensions: Sheet: 2 11/16 × 2 1/2 in. (6.9 × 6.4 cm)
Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Museum Accession, transferred from the Library
Object Number: 1978.671.5(25.10)
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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