Blue and pink etched ornamental design of a sailing ship with a small figure on deck, willow branches, flowers and a stone arch on pale paper.

Ornamental Design with Ship and Willow, after Jean Pillement

A delicate chinoiserie-style print showing a two-masted sailing ship with billowing sails, rigging and a small figure aboard, set among willows, flowers and a rocky arch. Rendered in soft blue and pink inks on pale paper, with the artist's signature visible at lower left.

Artist: Jean-Baptiste Pillement
Date: after 1775
Medium: Etching with colored inks à la poupé on off-white laid paper
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 1273 × 1920 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (undated).
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

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