Design for Woven or Printed Textile
Square sheet depicting large boughs of pale purple lilacs with smaller, thinner branches of yellow flowers and buds. One repeat shown. Framing lines are visible around the perimeter.
Credit: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
c. 1830
Brush and gouache with graphite on off-white laid paper
1920-36-29
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
Where you'll find this
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Permanent collection