Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

A grey-blue sheet shows a scattered arrangement of small flowers in pink, red, violet and yellow with green leaves, painted in gouache. Stems and blossoms are spaced across the pale ground as a repeat-style floral motif, with faint marks at the edges.

Artist

Unknown

Date

19th century

Medium

Brush and gouache on blue paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 3225 px

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