Design for Embroidered or Woven Textile with Red Stylized Flowers

Anonymous, Spanish, 18th century Spanish

ca. 1750–1800

Not on view

Drawing with design for an embroidered or woven textile, possibly Spanish (?), from the second half of the eighteenth century, with a bundle of stylized flowers, flower buds and green stems and leaves. The open flowers contain two layers of petals: the larger ones colored with red, and the smaller ones with white; the pistils are colored with shades of green. The flower buds are colored with red, some have highlights in pink and others in a type of copper-brown. This type of flowers with layers of flowy petals is common in Spanish textile design from the early-18th century and through the 19th, in embroidered and woven textiles as well as lacework. They were used in textiles for borders, covers or shawls, and other textiles for interiors.

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Provenance

Title: Design for Embroidered or Woven Textile with Red Stylized Flowers
Artist: Anonymous, Spanish, 18th century
Date: ca. 1750–1800
Medium: Watercolor
Dimensions: Sheet: 7 3/8 × 8 1/2 in. (18.8 × 21.6 cm)
Classifications: Drawings, Ornament & Architecture
Credit Line: Gift of H. A. Elsberg, 1929
Object Number: 29.90.44
Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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