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Design for Embroidered (Lace?) Tablecloth with Stylized Tulip (?) Motif

Vlastislav Hofman1923

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Design for approximately one-quarter of cloth. Starting from the center: a four-pointed star alternating with an abstract tulip motif; surrounded by a folded ribbon (like shirt collar) motif alternating with stylized tulip motif; larger border near outer edge with abstract bolded ribbon border alternating with tulip motif; outermost border, a double ruled line with single triangles alternating with overlapping triple triangles with clustered triangles in four corners.

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  • Title: Design for Embroidered (Lace?) Tablecloth with Stylized Tulip (?) Motif
  • Creator: Vlastislav Hofman
  • Creator Lifespan: 1884/1964
  • Date Created: 1923
  • Physical Dimensions: w300 x h249 cm
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Gift of Elaine Lustig Cohen
  • Medium: Pen and black ink on glassine
  • Signed: Signed and dated in pen and black ink, lower right: Vl. Hofman / 1923
  • Inscribed: Inscribed in pen and black ink, lower left corner: KOBEREC / UZLIKOVY; followed by annotations across lower edge of key to numbers in drawing
  • Dimensions: 24.9 x 30.0 cm (9 13/16 x 11 13/16 in. )
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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