Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers and Butterflies
Branch with white blossoms and foliage in a reverse "c" shape, with grasses behind it. Two yellow butterflies fly to the left of the branch, one gray, brown and orange flies above it at the top of the page.
Credit: Gift of Harvey Smith
19th century
Brush and gouache on cream paper
1968-107-23
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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