Flower Embroidery Design for Silk Manufactory of Lyon — About This Work
Jean Baptiste Pillement, c. 1790
About the Work
Pillement’s drawing is a design for the silk manufactory of Lyon, where ornamental drawings supplied patterns for luxury textile production.
The compact sheet is organised around curling stems, leaves and flowers, with coloured crayon distinguishing the botanical forms while preserving the clarity needed for a working design.
Seen at its recorded scale, the drawing retains the intimacy of an object made for close examination rather than enlargement into a conventional decorative format.
The Work
Artist: Jean Baptiste Pillement
Title: Flower Embroidery Design for Silk Manufactory of Lyon
Date: c. 1790
Medium: Black and coloured crayon on wove paper
Recorded dimensions: 24.4 × 22.2 cm
Collection: Cleveland Museum of Art
Accession number: 2019.67
Print & Presentation
Palatine presentation: 30 × 30 cm / 12 × 12 in.
The complete artwork is reproduced at its recorded scale, subject only to negligible whole-pixel rounding, without enlargement, reduction, cropping or distortion. The surrounding white presentation area accommodates the artwork within the framed presentation and is incorporated into the print rather than added as a separate mount.
Frame finishes: Black, White or Natural.
Paper & glazing: Enhanced Matte + Perspex; Enhanced Matte + Moth-Eye.
Why Original Scale?
Most art-print shops offer the same image in a choice of Small, Medium and Large sizes. We take a different approach. For each edition, we begin with the recorded dimensions of the original work and reproduce the complete image at that scale, preserving its proportions and avoiding enlargement, reduction, cropping or distortion.
Source: Image: The Cleveland Museum of Art, CC0.
Care: Display in a dry interior away from prolonged direct sunlight and sources of moisture.
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