Brocade Paper
Artist
Simon Haichele
(German, active 1740-1750)
CultureGerman
Datemid-eighteenth century
Mediumengraving and stencil on paper
Dimensionssheet: 14 1/8 × 16 7/8 in. (35.9 × 42.8 cm)
image: 12 3/16 × 15 3/8 in. (31 × 39.1 cm)
image: 12 3/16 × 15 3/8 in. (31 × 39.1 cm)
Classificationsprints
Credit LineThe Robert Myers Collection
Object number2019.42.5
DescriptionA richly decorated sheet of brocade paper printed in metallic ink over a prepared ground of stenciled orange, violet, blue, and green inks, incorporating floral and animal elements in a complex and elaborate design, including sunflowers, dragonflies, spiders, snails, feathers, baskets of flowers, a lion and a bear or fox.On View
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