DESIGN FOR THE REST OF A CHAIR OR A CUSHION, TO BE EXECUTED IN TAPESTRY
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Design for the rest of a chair or a cushion, to be executed in tapestry

Alphonse de Neuville (French, 1835 - 1885)

ca. 1880

Medium
Pen, ink, watercolor, and gouache on paper
Classification
Drawings
Dimensions
47.8 × 47.7 cm (18 13/16 × 18 3/4 in.)
Culture
France
Museum
Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Credit line
Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt
Rights
CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed

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About this work

A trophy of filled quiver and flowers, suspended from a fleur-de-lis, in scrollwork quatrefoil. Design for textile, tapestry.