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Two trapezoidal ornamental friezes on ivory paper with black stags, flowers, and scrolling foliage between striped gold and brown bands.

Stag and Flower Pattern Frame

Two trapezoidal decorative frieze designs are printed on ivory paper, bordered by bands of brown and metallic yellow. Each shows a repeating band of black foliage, scrolls, and small stags alternating with flowers, above rows of dotted and ladder-like linear motifs.

Artist
Theodore Roussel
Date
1897–99
Medium
Etching and soft ground in black, brown and yellow metallic on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 799 px
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Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1899).
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Gift of Meg and Mark Hausberg