Textile panel of mottled washed out pink cotton with relief of design in metallic silver

Title
Textile panel of mottled washed out pink cotton with relief of design in metallic silver
LC Subject
textiles (visual works)
Designer
Fortuny, Mariano, 1871-1949
Description
Textile panel of mottled washed out pink cotton with relief of design in metallic silver; large stylized floral design; block print.
Provenance
Source of acquisition: Department Purchase
Motif
Stylized floral leaf design
Work Type
Textile Panel
Location
Venice >> Venice >> Venice >> Veneto >> Italy
Date
1901/2000
Identifier
1998.013.012
Rights
In Copyright
License
Creative Commons: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
Type
Image
Format
image/tiff
Material
Cotton
Technique
Block print
Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Primary Set
Historic and Cultural Textile and Apparel Collection
Institution
Oregon State University
Note
Fortuny used a Japanese fabric printing technique called, Kalamkari, which involves several steps and can be both hand painted and block printed, and uses only natural dyes.