A set of pipes, a tambourine, and an arrow centered in a horizontal hexagon shape. Centered in a vertical hexagon shape below is a figure, probably Thyiades, one of Bacchus's female companions. Figure wears a long, wavy robe while dancing and holding a cup. Hexagon shapes and images printed in shades of gray and white on a two-toned blue background of floral and leaf motifs.
Credit: Gift of Josephine Howell
1815-30
Block-printed on joined sheets of handmade paper
1972-42-222
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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