Designs for Chinoiserie Flowers

An etched page of two botanical and ornamental studies in fine black line on cream paper. The upper group shows blossoms, buds and serrated leaves on a branching stem, with a flower bowing at its tip. Below, a rococo scroll of curling foliage and blossoms spreads across the sheet.

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Date

1760

Medium

Etching on laid paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2777 × 4000 px

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