Textile Design with Vertical Strips of Quatrefoils of Pearls Over an Abstract Background that Simulates Tie-Dye

Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century

1840 · Gouache · Drawings and Prints

Textile Design with Vertical Strips of Quatrefoils of Pearls Over an Abstract Background that Simulates Tie-Dye — Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century

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 vertical strips of quatrefoils of pearls of white color over an abstract background simulating tie-dye of dark reddish-brown color over a light tan base.

Artist: Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century
Date: 1840
Medium: Gouache
Department: Drawings and Prints
Credit line: Museum Accession, transferred from the Library