Design for an Embroidered or Woven Corner Motif of the 'Fabrique de St. Ruf', Fabrique de Saint Ruf, Lyon, France, Brush and white gouache on glazed tracing paper, A calyx is obliquely shown at an angle; it carries an oblong from which two leaves rise. Serpents stand upon these, separated by a rosette which frame sthe bottom of a lace panel, the other sides of which are bordered by paper. A pair of pylons and a kind of crown. A crescent and a star stand over the motif which is enclosed laterally by two leaf boughs rising from the calyx., France, 1800–1825, Drawing


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