Hand-painted embroidery design depicting a parrot, a snail, and a lizard
by [DESIGN]
- Used
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Brooklyn, New York, United States
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About This Item
France, nineteenth century. Large fragment of an original embroidery design, likely for a shawl or tablecloth, executed in red watercolor. The stylized parrot, snail, and lizard are meticulously plotted out by hand, stitch by stitch, against a background of oak leaves and acorns. This design is plotted on "papier quadrillé" manufactured by the Paris publisher Chavant & Dessaigne. Fleury Chavant was an industrial designer who issued a number of influential pattern books in the 1830s and 1840s. In addition to finished patterns, his company offered a range of these printed grid papers, with gauges corresponding to every kind of needlework, enabling those at home to produce their own designs. A striking survival. Original watercolor, executed on two sheets of printed "papier quadrillé" joined together, entire piece measuring 15 x 32 inches. Publisher information printed at base of sheets: "8 en 10: à Paris, chez CHAVANT & DESSAIGNE Rue Cléry, No 19 / No. 23." Several pale pink areas where paint spread; trace of glue along seam; later pencil notes to verso.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Honey & Wax Booksellers (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1002995
- Title
- Hand-painted embroidery design depicting a parrot, a snail, and a lizard
- Author
- [DESIGN]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Place of Publication
- France
- Date Published
- nineteenth century
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- art, illustrated, manuscript, ephemera
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Brooklyn, New York
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