Arabesque design

French Jean-baptiste Réveillon • 1790

Arabesque design, 1790

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Arabesque design. Central motif of large bouqet of flowers in urn. Below and in front of this sits a ewer on a lambrequin. Rope swags and tassles suspended from rod which supports lambrequin. Rose swag around lambrequin. Above the bouquet sits a cameo, with an urn on a balustrade against a pink background. The cameo is surrounded by a beaded framework. Printed in polychrome on a light blue-green ground. Block printed on handmade paper