Ornamental designs with exotic flowers of Indian inspiration
Designed by Jules Dumas French
Published by Fleury Chavant French
Lithographed by Georges Schlatter 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 ornamental designs with a variety of exotic flowers, likely inspired on those found on Indian textiles and designs, all executed with black ink on thin, light brown paper. Most of the flowers are made up of scrolling motifs, and contain different sorts of rosettes and stylized fleurs de lis in their parts. One of them has large, heart-shaped pistils. Most of them are presented on a single stem with leaves, and a few are surrounded by smaller flower buds that grow on the same stems.
