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Medium:
Brush and gouache, graphite on off white paper
Dimensions:
62.9 x 52.7 cm (24 3/4 x 20 3/4 in.)
Type:
wallpaper designs
Drawing
Object Name:
Drawing
Made in:
France
Date:
19th century
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Diamond-shaped compostion of flowers: red and purple at top, pink roses at center, pink and orange carnations at bottom, all with stems and foliage.Three birds in flight at right and center, one bird at left rests atop a pink rose.
Diamond-shaped guide lines in pencil are visible, they are bisected horizontally and vertically. Diagonal guide line to right of composition has flowers and birds visibly outlined in pencil.
Credit Line:
Gift of Harvey Smith
Accession Number:
1968-107-21
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq440f13b60-27bf-4aec-8027-3bac2597d751
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_1968-107-21