Design for a Valance in the Style of Louis XVI with Bushes and Garlands of Flowers and Containing Two Decorative Bunches of Leaves, Fruits and Flowers Holding Gardening Utensils and a Straw Hat
Anonymous, French, 19th century
1870–1900 (?)
Medium
Watercolor
Dimensions
Sheet: 11 5/16 × 9 7/16 in. (28.7 × 23.9 cm)
Classification
Drawings|Ornament & Architecture
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949
Accession Number
49.50.180
Rights
Public Domain
About the Artist
Anonymous, French, 19th century · 1800–1900
**Anonymous, French, 19th Century (ca. 1800–1900)** The artist cataloged as Anonymous, French, 19th century embodies the enigmatic yet essential contributions of unidentified creators to France's vibrant 19th-century art world. Active roughly between 1800 and 1900, this figure—or potentially collective workshop—produced a diverse array of works amid the nation's transition from Neoclassicism thro...