Textile Design with Alternating Vertical Stripes of Zig-Zagging Pearls Over Overlapping Scales and Ovals Framed By Crowns of Laurel Leaves Placed Alternately Along an Undulating Line Adorned with Pearls and Circles 1840 Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century Rectangular sheet of paper with a textile design from a group, dated 1840, made in Mulhouse, Alsace, which was an important nineteenth-century center for textile production in the Haut-Rhin region of France. The design is made up of a light tan base and alternating vertical stripes of zig-zagging pearls of light tan color, over overlapping scal

Textile Design with Alternating Vertical Stripes of Zig-Zagging Pearls Over Overlapping Scales and Ovals Framed By Crowns of Laurel Leaves Placed Alternately Along an Undulating Line Adorned with Pearls and Circles 1840 Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century Rectangular sheet of paper with a textile design from a group, dated 1840, made in Mulhouse, Alsace, which was an important nineteenth-century center for textile production in the Haut-Rhin region of France. The design is made up of a light tan base and alternating vertical stripes of zig-zagging pearls of light tan color, over overlapping scales rendered with dark reddish-brown stipples, and ovals framed by crowns of laurel leaves and a group of five pearls of light tan color over six petals of dark reddish-brown color placed alternately along an undulating line of black color adorned with pearls and circles. The circles are of red color and outlined in black and the pearls are of white color. The ovals are purple, orange, and green, all outlined in red color and with shade in black, and the laurel leaves are of white color with black Textile Design with Alternating Vertical Stripes of Zig-Zagging Pearls Over Overlapping Scales and Ovals Framed By Crowns of Laurel Leaves Placed Alternately Along an Undulating Line Adorned with Pearls and Circles. Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century. 1840. Gouache

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