Panel

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Persian style yellow silk taffeta ground painted in tempera, in multicolor cartouches framed by diagonally intersecting blends enclosing in staggered rows two floral compositions, one containing a peacock, intersection gruadrefoils—framing female head.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
ca. 1810
Credit Line
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Medium
Medium: silk Technique: tempera painted on taffeta
Type
printed, dyed & painted textiles
Panel
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