Textile Design of Alternating Vertical Rows of Stylized Flowers on Stems with Two Leaves Decorated with Pearls over a Stippled Background with Star-Like Shapes and Egg-Shapes

Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century

1840 · Gouache · Drawings and Prints

Textile Design of Alternating Vertical Rows of Stylized Flowers on Stems with Two Leaves Decorated with Pearls over a Stippled Background with Star-Like Shapes and Egg-Shapes — 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 alternating vertical rows of stylized flowers on stems with two leaves over a backround with star-like shapes and groups of three egg shapes that stand out over a light tan base with stipples of dark reddish-brown stipples. The flowers are colored in yellow and purple and have red outlines and pistils, which are also decorated with a white pearl. The stems and leaves are also decorated with small white pearls.

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