Persian Flowers
Medium
series of 6 etchings
Dimensions
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Classification
Department
Prints
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Carole W. and Charles B. Rosenblatt Endowment Fund
Accession Number
2022.250
Tags
male
About this artwork
Jean Baptiste Pillement was one of the most influential designers of the Rococo period, known for his varied and prolific chinoiseries (European variants of Chinese and Japanese motifs). His designs were spread throughout Europe primarily via their translation into prints. This print is one of a set of six etched by Pillement himself. Each depicts a so-called “Persian” flower, largely fantasies, presenting strange, alienlike floral forms that could be adapted to various uses from textiles to wal...