Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

A design sheet with vertical stripes alternating pale blue and cream, scattered with stylized blue leaves edged in yellow and small white blossoms. The leaves are arranged loosely in a diagonal pattern across the page, rendered in brush and gouache with graphite guidelines faintly visible.

Artist

Unknown

Date

19th century

Medium

Brush and gouache, graphite on cream paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 3412 px

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