Ornamental design with thin garlands with roses and daisies, surrounded by interlacing branches with stylized leaves
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 an ornamental design, possibly for a textile, made up of interlacing branches with stylized flowers and leaves of different types, executed with black stipples, and with two shorter, thin undulating garlands, one with two roses and the other with two daisies, small leaves and stylized round fruits, hanging vertically on the center of the sheet. The designs are executed with black ink on thin, light brown paper.
Artwork Details
- Title: Ornamental design with thin garlands with roses and daisies, surrounded by interlacing branches with stylized leaves
- Designer: Designed by Bertschinger (19th Century (?))
- Publisher: Published by Fleury Chavant (French, 19th century)
- Lithographer: Lithographed by Georges Schlatter (French)
- Published in: Paris
- Date: [after 1844]
- Medium: Lithograph
- Dimensions: Sheet: 12 3/16 × 9 7/16 in. (31 × 24 cm)
Book: 12 3/8 in. × 10 in. × 1 5/16 in. (31.5 × 25.4 × 3.3 cm) - Classifications: Books, Prints, Ornament & Architecture
- Credit Line: Gift of Edith P. Blase, 1944
- Object Number: 44.91.783(85)
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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