Design for Silk Brocade

Unknownca. 1750

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Horizontal composition illustrating flowers executed in colored pastel at left, and a small Chinese landscape with bridges and pavilion has been sketched out in white pastel in the center. To the right are lightly sketched elements in black pastel. Squared in brown ink.

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Title: Design for Silk Brocade
Creator: Unknown
Date Created: ca. 1750
Type: Drawing
Rights: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Medium: Pastel, pen and brown ink squaring on bluish grey laid paper
Paper Support: Bluish grey laid paper
Markings: MOYEN / M [Heart] IOHANNOT / DANNONAY / 1742
Inscribed: Verso, in blue crayon: 154
Dimensions: 44.1 x 55.5 cm (17 3/8 x 21 7/8 in.), irregular

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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