Caption

Ornamental tapestry, Cut from a larger piece; in the center, a bouquet of flowers in a medallion made of acanthus leaves. Around it are similar medallions and cartouches with flowers or flower clusters in the center. No border. Colors: plum background, ornament in pink, lilac, blue, green, cream, yellow, and black. 18th/19th century, France. Fabrics. Height 320 cm, width 234 cm., A rectangular decorative textile with an overall brown background featuring an ornate symmetrical central medallion in shades of cream, orange, and blue, surrounded by scrolling acanthus-like shapes in warm oranges and golds; the design includes a group of floral sprays with roses and other blossoms in pink, red, cream, and blue with green leaves, set against areas of deep burgundy and turquoise accents, and edged with darker scalloped outlines in navy and black, with smaller floral garlands and ribbon-like motifs in yellow and orange woven throughout.

Credit line

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Reference

LZT26A12_104

License type

Rights managed

Available size

77.0Mb (8.6Mb) / 20.0in x 15.0in / 6000 x 4485 (300dpi)

Keywords

Ornamental tapestry Cut larger piece center bouquet flowers medallion acanthus leaves medallions cartouches flower clusters No border Colors plum background ornament pink lilac blue green cream yellow black 18th 19th century France Fabrics Height 320 cm width 234 cm rectangular decorative textile brown background featuring ornate symmetrical central medallion shades orange surrounded scrolling acanthus- shapes warm oranges golds design includes group floral sprays roses blossoms red green leaves set areas deep burgundy turquoise accents edged darker scalloped outlines navy smaller floral garlands ribbon- motifs orange woven .