Textile Design with a Background of Stripes Framed by Garlands of Branches and Alternating Vertical Strings of Pearls

Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century Alsatian

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Rectangular sheet of paper with a textile design from a group, dated 1840, made in Mulhouse, Alsace, which was an important nineteenth-century center for textile production in the Haut-Rhin region of France. The design is made up of a background of horizontal stripes of light tan and dark reddish-brown color, framed by garlands of branches, and alternating vertical strings of nine pearls that touch. The pearls are of white color and have black outlines.

Textile Design with a Background of Stripes Framed by Garlands of Branches and Alternating Vertical Strings of Pearls, Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century, Gouache

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