Design for an Embroidered or Woven Horizontal Border of the "Fabrique de St. Ruf"
1800–1815
Classification
Drawing
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
Accession Number
1920-36-176
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
This delicate drawing, titled *Design for an Embroidered oroven Horizontal Border of theFabrique de St."*, hails from the renowned Fabrique de Saint Ruf in, France, dating to 1800–1815. Created as a preparatory sketch, it served as a blueprint for luxurious textile production—likely for silk ribbons, trims, or furnishings destined for embroidery or weaving., the epicenter of Europe's silk industry during the Napoleonic era, was home to innovative manufactories like Saint Ruf, where designers crafted intricate patterns to meet demand from fashionable elites across the continent. As a classifie...