Fantastic Flower Motif, after Pillement's Ideal Flower Studies

A sheet of stylized flowers rendered in hand-colored ink on cream paper. At top, blue, pink, and ochre daisy-like blossoms rise above feathery green fern fronds, while below, three purple-centered blooms with broad green leaves cluster on a thin stem. Faint green tendrils and a pale outline frame the composition.

Artist

Jean-Baptiste Pillement

Date

ca. 1760

Medium

Etching a la poupée and colored inks on paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2295 × 2880 px

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