Scrapbook with Textile Patterns on Transfer Paper

Anonymous, French, 19th century

19th century · Pen and ink, graphite, and gouache over transfer paper · Drawings and Prints

Album with pasted in scraps of transfer paper containing patterns and motifs for textiles. The majority of the designs are drawn in graphite, but there are also examples of patterns drawn in pen and ink, and several to which color is added by way of gouache or watercolor. The designs range from abstract geometric patterns, to floral and paisley motifs. They appear to have been collected over a period of time. Some, but not all of the patterns are numbered, and there are various inscriptions in the album, written in French.

Artist

Anonymous, French, 19th century

Date

19th century

Medium

Pen and ink, graphite, and gouache over transfer paper

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

Gift of the Estate of Benjamin E. Marks, 1967