"Paris" Textile

Louis Süe

ca. 1919 · Silk · Modern and Contemporary Art

The feathered plume generically suggests a fleur-de-lys (lily flower), traditional symbol for the French Bourbon monarchy. Süe probably selected the motif to evoke the grandeur of the eighteenth-century ancien-régime while avoiding any specific political references.

Artist

Louis Süe

Date

ca. 1919

Medium

Silk

Department

Modern and Contemporary Art

Credit line

Purchase, Edward C. Moore Jr. Gift, 1923