Panel

ca. 1810

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Persian style yellow silk taffeta ground painted in tempera, in multicolor cartouches framed by diagonally intersecting blends enclosing in staggered rows two floral compositions, one containing a peacock, intersection gruadrefoils—framing female head.

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Details

Title: Panel
Date Created: ca. 1810
Location Created: Europe
Original Source: See this work of art on the Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum website
Medium: Medium: silk Technique: tempera painted on taffeta
Credit line: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Flower Silk Taffeta Tempera Textile