Textile with Stylized Grass and Reed Pattern

A square textile panel printed in rows of stylized, tapering grass or reed forms in cream-yellow over a deep rust-brown ground. The repeating motif alternates with wavy horizontal bands, creating a rhythmic, flat decorative pattern across the full surface.

Artist

Arthur Wilcock

Date

ca. 1890

Medium

Medium: cotton Technique: roller printed on supplementary weft pile (velveteen)

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

2810 × 3000 px

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