Drawing
Design for Wallpaper and Textiles: Flowers
Maker unrecorded. 19th century. Brush and gouache on blue paper. Explore the catalogue record, image rights and documented connections from Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum.
This work in Pattern studies & Motif passages
Examine its pattern, process or motif.
- Follow a flower.An Artologium visual comparison across cyanotype, painted repeat design and Jacquard weave. No botanical or workshop lineage is asserted.
- Compare in Pattern study: A flower learns to repeat.Catalogue comparison · Compare Moser’s Jacquard-woven poppyheads with a painted 19th-century repeat design for wallpaper and textiles.
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DrawingObject type
A work described as a drawing in the source record.
A visible line alone does not make an object a drawing.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum supplies “Drawing” in its object type field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Drawing
Catalogue: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
PaperMaterial
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A depicted material or colour resemblance is a separate assertion.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum supplies “Brush and gouache on blue paper” in its medium/materials field. This label was normalized by the documented import rule.
Brush and gouache on blue paper
Catalogue: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Automated source-field normalization; no independent visual interpretation.
Source normalization checked 2026-10-21 · 2026-10-20.1
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![1901-39-151-a: DEER HUNT WITH HOUNDS [ABOVE]; SKYLARK HUNT WITH FALCONS [BELOW]; 1901-39-151-b: GOOSE AND DUCK HUNT WITH FALCONS [ABOVE RIGHT]; GOOSE HUNT [BELOW RIGHT]](/images/catalogue/chndm-chndm-1901-39-151-b-goose-and-duck-hunt-with-falcons-above-right-goose-hunt-below-rig-a58c3cfd8765.jpg)

