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Hanging

19th century

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Hanging with a niche arch forming the center field. A cypress tree grows from a mound in the niche, with a peacock on either side; the field is filled with flowers. Above the niche, a face in a sunburst with an inscription in a hexagonal medallion on either side. Surrounded by deep borders on all sides with a flowering vine, narrow guard borders with mango or cypress motif. All finely drawn and all pattern areas filled with tiny flowers, vines, etc.

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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