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Two tapering ornamental frame designs in black and brown on cream paper, with scrolling vines, flowers, and black leaping stags in rows.

Stag and Flower Pattern Frame (top frame section)

Two trapezoidal frame designs on ivory paper, printed in black and yellow-brown, show a band of scrolling vines and stylized flowers above, and below, a row of black stags leaping among foliage. Ruled bands and a dentil border frame each strip, and the lower section's animals stand out against the light ground.

Artist
Theodore Roussel
Date
1897–99
Medium
Etching and soft ground in yellow-brown metallic and black on ivory laid paper
Source
Art Institute of Chicago
Size
1686 × 801 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