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Design for Woven Fabric with Neoclassical Motifs

Arranged vertically are two motifs (one is possibly an alternate suggestion). The lower motif consists of a square with decorated subdivision inscribed into a circle formed by a chain. Plants rise obliquely from the corners of the square, their tops being horizontally connected by a rosette and plant motif. The upper motif consists of an arch of a garden of grotesque style, in which a square hangs low, into which a wreath is inscribed. From the pole forming the base of the arch hang chain festoons and gems. A lyre is shown in a circular medallion which is surrounded by stars in the upper part of the arch. Squared with graphite.

Credit: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt...

c. 1820
Brush and gouache on laid paper prepared with brush and brown pigment
1909-13-129
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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