Textile
Unknown Maker
Exotic blossoms and pairs of birds on a curving vine in reds, blue, green and yellow on an off-white ground, with black outlining. The interstices are filled with fine seaweed-like vine in red. Half drop repeat.
Credit: Gift of Elinor Merrell
1760-70
Medium: linen warp, cotton weft Technique: block printed with blue applied by brush, on plain weave
1973-62-9
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
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