Design for Woven Fabric with Neoclassical Motifs

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Vertical composition framed at upper and lower margins by horizontal plant motif set between two stars which frames the larger design to be repeated. The design consists of three parts: at bottom, a decorated lozenge with two kinds of palmettes; center, a palmette with rinceau calyx; above, a pole suspended with a bead festoon from which rises a fantastic blossom, all squared in graphite.
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
ca. 1820
Accession Number
1909-13-130
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
textile designs
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and gouache, graphite, on laid paper, prepared with brush and brown pigment and squared
Dimensions
47.4 x 18.7 cm (18 11/16 x 7 3/8 in.)
made in
France
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1909-13-130
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44e1db2af-0375-4c83-9848-5bb3919e69fc
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