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Ornamental tapestry, unknown origin, flowers, floral ornaments, 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. Fabrics; height 512 cm, width 580 cm., A large rectangular textile with a deep reddish-brown background featuring a central circular medallion with concentric floral and geometric motifs in colors including gold, yellow, pink, purple, blue, green, and orange, surrounded by a wreath-like ring of blue-green leaves. The field around the medallion shows a repeating small floral pattern in a slightly darker reddish-brown and scattered larger floral clusters with pink, green, and orange elements. A wide decorative border frames the piece with a repeating circular rose motif in pink and red set against dark brown, accented by green leaves and orange highlights, and inner and outer narrow bands in gold and red tones. The overall palette includes prominent reddish-brown, pink, gold, blue-green, purple, green, orange, and black, and the textile lies flat against a light gray background.

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Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_058

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Rights managed

Available size

87.1Mb (7.9Mb) / 20.0in x 16.9in / 6000 x 5076 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ornamental tapestry unknown origin flowers floral ornaments 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 Fabrics height 512 cm width 580 cm large rectangular textile deep reddish-brown background featuring central circular medallion concentric floral geometric motifs colors gold yellow purple green orange wreath- ring blue-green leaves field medallion repeating small floral pattern slightly darker reddish-brown scattered larger floral clusters orange elements wide decorative border frames piece repeating circular rose motif red set dark brown accented green leaves orange highlights inner outer narrow bands red tones palette includes prominent reddish-brown blue-green black textile lies flat light gray background.