Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

A gray sheet shows a diamond-shaped arrangement of small flowers in yellow, orange, and red, with green leaves and stems, painted in brush and gouache. Faint graphite guidelines cross the sheet, and a rounded corner notation appears at the upper right.

Artist

Unknown

Date

19th century

Medium

Brush and gouache, graphite on gray paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 3439 px

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum