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Design for a Rocaille Ornament

Frederick Craceca.1839

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Rocaille painted ornament, primarily gold and violet with roses. Other colors used in the ornament are pale pink and blue, sage, brown, and fuschia. The object has large s-curves and c-curves with floral sprays flowing down, up, and horizontally over the piece.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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