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Flower Embroidery Design for Silk Manufactory of Lyon
Jean-Baptiste Pillementc. 1790
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This drawing features a floral design intended for use by the silk manufactory in Lyon, a city with a long tradition in this industry. Jean Baptiste Pillement’s chalk drawings were translated not only into fabric, but also prints, which circulated and spread his style widely. Here, he used a small range of colors and repeated forms to create an appealing decorative motif.
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- Title: Flower Embroidery Design for Silk Manufactory of Lyon
- Creator: Jean Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728-1808)
- Date Created: c. 1790
- Physical Dimensions: Sheet: 22.2 x 24.4 cm (8 3/4 x 9 5/8 in.)
- Provenance: Sotheby's, London, England, Shepherd Gallery, New York, NY, Mr. Noah L. Butkin [1918-1980], Mrs. Muriel Butkin [1915-2008], the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- Type: Drawing
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/2019.67
- Medium: black and colored crayon on wove paper
- Inscriptions: Inscribed, on verso, in graphite, at lower margin, “fleurs inventées / par Jean Pillement / modèle de broderie des soieries de Lyon”
- Fun Fact: Jean Baptiste Pillement not only created designs for silk manufacture, he also is credited with inventing a new technique for printing on fabric.
- Department: Drawings
- Culture: France, 18th century
- Credit Line: Bequest of Muriel Butkin
- Collection: Drawings
- Accession Number: 2019.67
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