Fantastic Flower Motif, after Pillement's Ideal Flowers

A small sprig of stylized foliage and berries rendered in pink, teal, blue, and ochre inks on a pale sheet. Feathery grey-green fronds curve upward past rose-red berry clusters, while larger blue-grey and gold leaves sweep down from the lower left, with blue berries scattered among them. The sheet has a faint plate-mark border.

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Date

late 18th century

Medium

Etching a la poupée in colored inks on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2229 × 2880 px

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