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Fantastic flower motif from "Nouvelle Suitte de fleurs iéales"
Jean-Baptiste Pillementca. 1760
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
A bouquet of fantastical flowers, colored in various hues, with looping leaves and spade-shaped petals, as well as more recognizable blossoms.
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- Title: Fantastic flower motif from "Nouvelle Suitte de fleurs iéales"
- Creator: Jean-Baptiste Pillement, French, 1728–1808, Anne Allen, English, active France, ca. 1750–1810
- Date Created: ca. 1760
- Location Created: France
- Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
- Medium: Etching a la poupée and green, teal, siena, rose, indigo, and ochre ink on paper
- Credit line: Bequest of Erskine Hewitt
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