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Palempore with a pattern of vases
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Palempore with a pattern of vases

anonymous · c. 1725 - c. 1750 · painting technique; cotton (textile)

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

About this work

Palempore of cotton with a design in various colors of red, aubergine, blue, and beige (formerly probably yellow). The central field decoration: on a white ground, two mirror-image pots arranged lengthwise, with mirror-image branches with flowers on the left and right; bouquets in the center of the pots. On the flower branches four snakes; in the flowers beetles and four crickets. The inner border is filled with a winding flower branch; the wide border also has winding branches with flowers upon which four snails and four beetles. In the corners four pots placed diagonally. Again, a border filled with a winding flower branch. A blue border around the whole.

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own description
Credit linePalempore met patroon van vazen. c. 1725 - c. 1750. anonymous. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.

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