This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

Object Timeline

1909

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Drawing, Study of Flower Boughs for Woven Textile

This is a Drawing. It was style of Jean-Baptiste Pillement. It is dated ca. 1780 and we acquired it in 1909. Its medium is black and red chalk, colored gouache on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt and Sarah Cooper Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

40.8 × 28.9 cm (16 1/16 × 11 3/8 in.)

Cite this object as

Drawing, Study of Flower Boughs for Woven Textile; Style of Jean-Baptiste Pillement (French, 1728–1808); France; black and red chalk, colored gouache on paper; 40.8 × 28.9 cm (16 1/16 × 11 3/8 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1909-29-6

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-6.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18167809/ |title=Drawing, Study of Flower Boughs for Woven Textile |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=20 March 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>