Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers

Against a grey-blue ground, a painted sprig shows clusters of small yellow flowers among pinnate green leaves, with reddish stems and a second slender branch below. Opaque gouache is applied in loose, crisp strokes, and a faint handwritten mark sits at upper right. The record identifies it as a design study for wallpaper and textiles.

Artist

Unknown

Date

19th century

Medium

Brush and gouache on blue paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

4000 × 2987 px

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