Textile Design with Undulating Horizontal Zig-Zagging Lines and Alternating Rows of Lozenges
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 undulating horizontal zig-zagging lines of light tan color with offsetting spikes of brown color and alternating rows of lozenges of white color over a background of light tan color with stipples of brown color.
Artwork Details
- Title: Textile Design with Undulating Horizontal Zig-Zagging Lines and Alternating Rows of Lozenges
- Artist: Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century
- Date: 1840
- Medium: Gouache
- Dimensions: Sheet: 4 in. × 4 13/16 in. (10.1 × 12.2 cm)
- Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Museum Accession, transferred from the Library
- Object Number: 1978.671.5(10.1)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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