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Ornamental tapestry, unknown origin, flowers, floral ornaments, tapestries, weaving, interior furnishings, rosettes, borders, floor tapestry. In the center, a rosette is surrounded by a wreath of flowers, a frame, and a wreath of bay leaves. The entire background of the central field is filled with small rosette motifs; around the edges are simple branches with flowers, and in the corners are compositions of horns with flowers and acanthus leaves. The border features a tendril motif of acanthus leaves and rosettes. Colors: brown-red background, pink, blue, and straw ornament. 1st half of the 19th century, France. Materials: fabrics. Height 512 cm, width 580 cm., A large rectangular textile with a dominant brown background displays a central circular medallion featuring concentric floral and geometric motifs in colors including muted gold, pale blue, pink, green, and beige; the medallion is surrounded by a laurel-like wreath in pale blue and green. The field around the medallion is patterned with a repeating floral motif in a slightly lighter brown and contains several clusters of stylized flowers in pink, green, and pale yellow near the corners and edges. A broad decorative border frames the piece with a repeating rose and scroll design in shades of pink, red, orange, and green set against a darker brown band, and an inner narrow border with a row of small floral elements in pale blue, green, and gold. The outermost edge appears as a thin dark brown band. The overall color palette includes various browns, pinks, greens, pale blues, muted gold, beige, and touches of orange.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

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LZT26A12_057

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87.1Mb (7.8Mb) / 20.0in x 16.9in / 6000 x 5076 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ornamental tapestry unknown origin flowers floral ornaments tapestries weaving interior furnishings rosettes borders floor tapestry center rosette surrounded wreath frame bay leaves entire background central field filled small rosette motifs edges simple branches corners compositions horns acanthus leaves border features tendril motif Colors brown-red background pink blue straw ornament 1st half 19th century France Materials fabrics Height 512 cm width 580 cm large rectangular textile dominant brown background displays central circular medallion featuring concentric floral geometric motifs colors muted gold pale blue green beige medallion laurel- field patterned repeating floral motif slightly lighter brown contains several clusters stylized flowers pale yellow near broad decorative border frames piece repeating rose scroll design shades red orange green set darker brown band inner narrow border row small floral elements gold outermost edge thin dark brown band color palette includes various browns pinks greens pale blues touches orange.