Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Horizontally-oriented diamond shape made of pink roses and foliage. Clusters of pink roses and single blooms outline the diamond. A reverse C-shape is formed in the center by a group of roses. Small beige and light gray branches with round ends fill the background of the diamond. Guidelines in graphite are visible on the page with the diamond bisected horizontally and vertically. On blue ground.
Credit Line
Gift of Harvey Smith
19th century
Accession Number
1968-107-51
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
wallpaper designs
Object Name
Drawing
Type
Drawing
Medium
Brush and gouache, graphite on blue paper
Dimensions
25.9 x 25.8 cm (10 3/16 x 10 3/16 in.)
made in
France
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1968-107-51
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq40557388d-d867-42c2-a926-27b74e0a21e6
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