Textile Design with Alternating Hexagons and Starlike Shapes with Pearls in the Center Framed by a Network of Garlands of Branches

Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century Alsatian

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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 alternating hexagons and star-like shapes with seven pearls in the center, framed by a network of garlands of branches of light tan color over a dark reddish-brown ground. The hexagons are aligned in vertical rows, and colored alternately in orange and purple, with red outlines and a black shadow. The starlike shapes are rendered in light tan color with dark reddish-brown stipples. The pearls are of white color with black outlines.

Textile Design with Alternating  Hexagons and Starlike Shapes with Pearls in the Center Framed by a Network of Garlands of Branches, Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century, Gouache

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