Oeillet Panaché
After Henriette-Antoinette Vincent French
After Print by Lambert frères French
Published by Fleury Chavant French
Not on view
Page of book containing 185 leaves with a collection of lithographs, aquatints, engravings, and other media, with ornamental designs published by Fleury Chavant in Paris, part of the publication "Guide du Dessinateur de l'industrie: une macédoine de dessins variés , tels que fleurs, ornemens, etc. ... Ouvrage destiné aux fabricants et dessinateurs de soieries... et Papiers Peints..." This plate contains a gray-scale reproduction of a botanical print by Mme. Vincent, illustrating carnations, and consists of a bundle of carnations on stems with elongated, scrolling leaves. Some of the flowers in the bundle are fully on bloom and others (half-) closed in buds. The different intensities of the shades of gray in the illustration are executed with black stipples.
