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Drawing, Cartoon for a Woven Carpet

This is a Drawing. It is dated ca. 1848 and we acquired it in 1954. Its medium is brush and gouache on heavy woven paper, lined. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.


Such over-scaled rococo-revival patterns, incorporating richly colored floral sprays framed by heavy foliate cartouches in bright orange-gold on a blue and green ground, were commonly used for reception-room carpets during the Second Empire in France.

This object was donated by John Judkyn. It is credited Gift of John Judkyn.

Its dimensions are

99.1 x 70.2 cm (39 x 27 5/8 in.)

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Drawing, Cartoon for a Woven Carpet; France; brush and gouache on heavy woven paper, lined; 99.1 x 70.2 cm (39 x 27 5/8 in.); Gift of John Judkyn; 1954-23-12

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Rococo: The Continuing Curve 1730-2008.

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