Fantastic Flower Motif from Nouvelle Suitte de Cahiers de Fleurs Idéales
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
name: label: Designer
content: Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808
label: Print Maker
content: Anne Allen, English, active France, ca. 1750–1810
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: An imagined flower arrangement - pennant-like leaves with small flowers emerge from stems at a diagonal within the composition. Below, smaller botanicals comprised of leaves and blossoms resemble peacock feathers. Etched lines articulated in teal, pink, purple, and ochre.
place: label: made in
content: France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1938-57-10
objectType: label: Type
content: nature studies
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching a la poupée and colored inks on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 22.1 × 17.5 cm (8 11/16 × 6 7/8 in.)