Printed papers with patterns of interlacing branches, executed with red, green, and purple
Edited 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 page consists of three printed papers with designs. The first design is made up of interlacing leaves with stylized flowers, fruits, male figures, demons, and grotesques, outlines with red over a white ground with red stipples. The other two designs ade made up of thin interlacing branches with small flowers and leaves of different types, one executed with green and the other with purple, both on white grounds. The designs are printed on white sheets of paper, attached onto the sheet bound to the book.
