Textile Design with Rosettes with Pearls as Pistils Grouped Together to Form Stylized Flowers over an Abstract Honeycomb Pattern in the Background

1840
Not on view
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 consists of groups of four rosettes of light tan color with outlines of red color and pearls of white color as pistils over a background of an abstract honeycomb pattern rendered with stipples of dark reddish-brown color over a light tan base. The rosettes have the form of stylized petals, so that the groups of four rosettes look like larger stylized flowers.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Textile Design with Rosettes with Pearls as Pistils Grouped Together to Form Stylized Flowers over an Abstract Honeycomb Pattern in the Background
  • Artist: Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century
  • Date: 1840
  • Medium: Gouache
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 2 1/4 × 2 5/8 in. (5.7 × 6.6 cm)
  • Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
  • Credit Line: Museum Accession, transferred from the Library
  • Object Number: 1978.671.5(21.11)
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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