Series of Small Flower Motifs, Plate 6

Series of Small Flower Motifs, Plate 6

Paul Androuet Ducerceau

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Plate 6 from an untitled series of six plates with designs of flower motifs, possibly meant for silk embroidery. This plate presents three rows of small motifs, with four full flowers in the top and bottom row, the middle row shows three full flowers and parts of two further motifs in the margins, suggesting an ongoing all-over pattern.

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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