Design for a Woven Fabric Motif
date: label: Date
content: 1820–40
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Textile design featuring a large paisley motif, also referred to as a Persian cone. Purple roses, with green leaves and stems with small thorns, appear inside the teardrop shape. The teardrop contains a border with a green zig-zag pattern. Red, blue, are dark purple flowers, along with black stems and green leaves, surround the teardrop. Lilacs appear at the bottom of the composition; at top, a rectangular band of purple and red flowers is shown.
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: Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1924-38-145
objectType: label: Type
content: textile designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and gouache on brown oiled translucent paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 48.9 × 15 cm (19 1/4 × 5 7/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 55.9 × 40.6 cm (22 × 16 in.)