Floral Cartouch Design
1749â61
Classification
Bound print
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Purchased for the Museum by the Advisory Council
Accession Number
1921-6-213-11
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
Alexis Peyrotte’s *Floral Cartouch Design* captures the elegant spirit of mid-eighteenth-century French decorative art. Created between 1749 and 1761, this bound print reflects the Rococo period’s love of graceful curves, abundant nature, and playful ornament. As a French designer working during the reign of Louis XV, Peyrotte specialized in patterns that brought lightness and movement to interiors, furniture, and textiles. The work’s classification as a bound print suggests it once belonged to a portfolio or pattern book, allowing craftsmen and patrons to study and adapt its motifs. Cartouch...