Design for a Chair Back Cover with a Squatting Half-Human Grotesque Figure Inside an Ornamental Frame Made of Two Cornucopias Holding Bundles of Leaves and Fruits and Scrolls of Leaves and Flowers

Q: When was "Design for a Chair Back Cover with a Squatting Half-Human Grotesque Figure Inside an Ornamental Frame Made of Two Cornucopias Holding Bundles of Leaves and Fruits and Scrolls of Leaves and Flowers" created?

This artwork was created 1870–1900 (?).

Q: Is "Design for a Chair Back Cover with a Squatting Half-Human Grotesque Figure Inside an Ornamental Frame Made of Two Cornucopias Holding Bundles of Leaves and Fruits and Scrolls of Leaves and Flowers" in the public domain?

Yes, Design for a Chair Back Cover with a Squatting Half-Human Grotesque Figure Inside an Ornamental Frame Made of Two Cornucopias Holding Bundles of Leaves and Fruits and Scrolls of Leaves and Flowers is in the public domain and available for free download under CC0 license.

Anonymous, French, 19th century

1870–1900 (?)

Design for a Chair Back Cover with a Squatting Half-Human Grotesque Figure Inside an Ornamental Frame Made of Two Cornucopias Holding Bundles of Leaves and Fruits and Scrolls of Leaves and Flowers by Anonymous, French, 19th century

Medium

Watercolor and Gouache

Dimensions

Sheet: 18 7/16 × 10 9/16 in. (46.8 × 26.8 cm)

Classification

Drawings|Ornament & Architecture

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1949

Accession Number

49.50.197(a)

About the Artist

Anonymous, French, 19th century · 1800–1900

**Anonymous, French, 19th Century (ca. 1800–1900)** The artist cataloged as Anonymous, French, 19th century embodies the enigmatic yet essential contributions of unidentified creators to France's vibrant 19th-century art world. Active roughly between 1800 and 1900, this figure—or potentially collective workshop—produced a diverse array of works amid the nation's transition from Neoclassicism thro...

Design for a Chair Back Cover with a Squatting Half-Human Grotesque Figure Inside an Ornamental Frame Made of Two Cornucopias Holding Bundles of Leaves and Fruits and Scrolls of Leaves and Flowers

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