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Drawing, Design for a Printed Textile: Floral Border with Islands on a Lake
This is a Drawing. It was designed by Louis-Albert DuBois and manufactured by Fabrique de Fazy aux Bergues. It is dated ca. 1801 and we acquired it in 1957. Its medium is pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on blue laid paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.
This design, attributed to the Swiss designer Louis-Albert Dubois,
shows variations in a corner design, referred to as “quarters”. The end
use would have been for a block-printed woman’s printed shawl or
neckerchief, which required different blocks for the printing of borders,
fillings and corners. Printed shawls were a less expensive alternative
to the popular woven patterns and were derived from the highly
admired imported Indian shawls.
Wall Label from exhibition, "Multiple Choice, From Sample to Product," Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, New York, NY.
It is credited Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund.
Its dimensions are
33.2 x 44.8 cm (13 1/16 x 17 5/8 in.)
It is inscribed
Pen and black ink, lower left corner: D 337
Cite this object as
Drawing, Design for a Printed Textile: Floral Border with Islands on a Lake; Designed by Louis-Albert DuBois (Swiss, 1752–1818); Manufactured by Fabrique de Fazy aux Bergues; Switzerland; pen and black ink, brush and watercolor, graphite on blue laid paper; 33.2 x 44.8 cm (13 1/16 x 17 5/8 in.); Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund; 1957-46-17
