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Wall covering, painted on silk with stripes, tied bouquets, alternating with loose flowers and upright slender stems with leaves and flower variations
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Wall covering, painted on silk with stripes, tied bouquets, alternating with loose flowers and upright slender stems with leaves and flower variations

anonymous · c. 1750 - c. 1800 · painting technique; paint (coating); silk

From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

A wall panel with silk-painted wallpaper. The cream-white ground in rib weave is divided by two grey-blue stripes in satin weave per strip into a wide central panel and narrower side panels. On the blue, tied bouquets are painted alternating with loose flowers; on the central panel an upright vine with leaves and flower variations in pink, lilac and blue, and on the sides a narrower vine with flowers.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit lineBehangsel, op zijde beschilderd met strepen, gestrikte boeketten, afgewisseld met losse bloemen en opstaande ranke met bladeren en bloemvariaties. c. 1750 - c. 1800. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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