Textile Design with Vertical Rows of Paisley Motifs Flanked by Interlacing Branches with Stylized Flowers and Leaves Separated by Stripes

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 vertical rows of paisley motifs flanked by two interlacing branches with stylized flowers and leaves separated by stripes of green color over a burgundy ground. The paisley leaves are of red color and outlined with white, decorated with stylized flowers with petals of tan color and stems with leaves of black color. The interlacing branches are of tan color, the stylized flowers of red colors, and the stylized leaves of black color.

Artist

Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century

Date

1840

Medium

Gouache

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Museum Accession, transferred from the Library