DrawingsAmerican19th century

Pattern with Birds, after a Textile

1893

Artists

Robert David GauleyArtist

Description

Per the inscription, the original is an eleventh-century silk in the Cluny Museum, Paris. There is a slight graphite sketch of two figures wearing hats on the verso.

Classification

Drawings

Medium

Watercolor and black ink on off-white wove paper

Culture

American

Century

19th century

Division

Modern and Contemporary Art

Department

Department of Drawings

Dimensions

actual: 30.1 x 47.5 cm (11 7/8 x 18 11/16 in.)

Provenance

Gift (?) of the artist to Denman W. Ross; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1936.

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