Textile panel of golden beige and tan cotton with metallic silver relief of design

Title
Textile panel of golden beige and tan cotton with metallic silver relief of design
LC Subject
textiles (visual works)
Designer
Fortuny, Mariano, 1871-1949
Description
Textile panel of golden beige and tan cotton with metallic silver relief of design; design is an stylized, ornate potted plant in a large pattern; design itself is in speckled shades of golden beige with relief of design in metallic silver; ends are free of design and silver paint; swatch in clay and beige at top.
Provenance
Source of acquisition: Department Purchase
Motif
Ornate floral design
Work Type
Textile Panel
Location
Venice >> Venice >> Venice >> Veneto >> Italy
Date
1901/2000
Identifier
1998.013.014
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.