Textile Design with Alternating Vertical Rows of Stylized Flowers with Stems and Leaves with Offsetting Branches Separated by Ornamental Frames Containing Rosettes Flanked by Leaves and with Offsetting Branches
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 vertical rows of stylized flowers with stems and leaves colored with red with offsetting branches of light tan and tan color separated by ornamental frames of red color containing rosettes flanked by leaves in the center and with offsetting branches of light tan and tan color over a dark reddish-brown ground. The stylized flowers have pistils of black color decorated with pearls of white color and a rosette of gold color; the rosettes within the frames are of black color over a white ground.
Artwork Details
- Title: Textile Design with Alternating Vertical Rows of Stylized Flowers with Stems and Leaves with Offsetting Branches Separated by Ornamental Frames Containing Rosettes Flanked by Leaves and with Offsetting Branches
- Artist: Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century
- Date: 1840
- Medium: Gouache
- Dimensions: Sheet: 5 9/16 × 6 7/8 in. (14.1 × 17.4 cm)
- Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Museum Accession, transferred from the Library
- Object Number: 1978.671.5(3.1)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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