Textile Design with Paisley-Inspired Teardrops Framed by Garlands of Branches over an Abstract Honeycomb Pattern Decorated with Pearls

Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century

1840 · Gouache · Drawings and Prints

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 Paisley-inspired teardrops framed by garlands of branches of light tan color over a background of an abstract honeycomb pattern of dark reddish-brown color over a light tan base with stipples of dark reddish-brown color, decorated with groups of four pearls. The teardrops are colored with purple and orange and have red outlines; the pearls are colored with white.

Artist

Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century

Date

1840

Medium

Gouache

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Museum Accession, transferred from the Library