Printed Textile Design: F
Classification
textile designs
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Museum purchase from Friends of the Museum Fund
Accession Number
1957-46-182
About this artwork
Research in Progress
Art Historical Context
**Printed Textile Design: F** by Louis-Albert DuBois (Swiss, 1752–1818), ca. 1801 Created around 1801, this printed textile design by Swiss artist Louis-Albert DuBois captures the elegance of early 19th-century decorative arts. DuBois, active during a period of rapid innovation in textile production, specialized in intricate patterns that adorned fabrics for fashion and furnishings. As Europe emerged from the Enlightenment into the Napoleonic era, printed textiles like this one symbolized growing industrialization, blending artistry with machine reproduction for wider accessibility. Though t...