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Textile Design with Alternating Palmettes Decorated with Pearls Framed by Garlands of Flowers and Buds

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 of alternating palmettes of light tan color with stipples of dark reddish-brown color decorated with three pearls of white color, framed by garlands of stylised flowers and flower-buds of light tan color, over a dark reddish-brown base.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Textile Design with Alternating Palmettes Decorated with Pearls Framed by Garlands of Flowers and Buds
  • Artist: Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century
  • Date: 1840
  • Medium: Gouache
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 2 in. × 1 9/16 in. (5.1 × 4 cm)
  • Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Museum Accession, transferred from the Library
  • Object Number: 1978.671.5(14.7)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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