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Colored block print of women attending a seated figure in a palace room with blue drapery, a golden statue, a brazier, and an arched garden window.

La Toilette d'Esther

A richly colored interior scene of women gathered around a seated figure in white, with a turbaned man standing among them beside a golden statue and tall blue drapery. A bearded attendant and a woman in orange kneel near a brazier, while an arched window opens onto a garden landscape.

Artist
Unknown
Date
1825
Medium
Block printed on handmade paper
Source
Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size
3000 × 3000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1825).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

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

Español: El tocador de Ester, panel estampado a bloque

Escena interior de colores intensos con mujeres reunidas alrededor de una figura sentada vestida de blanco, junto a un hombre con turbante de pie entre ellas, una estatua dorada y cortinajes azules. Un sirviente barbado y una mujer de naranja se arrodillan cerca de un brasero, y una ventana en arco se abre a un paisaje de jardín.

Português: A toalete de Ester, painel impresso em bloco

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