Drawing, Design for Wallpaper or Textile

Sarah Cooper Hewitt; Eleanor Garnier Hewitt

1820–1850

graphite, blotted crayon, brush and purple watercolor on paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

A decorative design features swirling floral and foliate motifs, including grape clusters, rendered in graphite and purple watercolor on paper. Recto: rising, undulated leaf stem with blossoms and buds, a bunch of grapes and scrolls. Verso: Vertically, top right unfinished: a motif with interlacement bands. Bottom: not quite finished. Shown are a calyx, alternatively standing and hanging leaves connected by a rinceau, scrolls and a band. Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt