No. 6. Paris Sylvestres [floral design]
Collection:CSM Museum & Study Collection
Date: c.early 1880s
Maker: William Richard Lethaby (1857-1931)
Dimensions:
75 x 151 mm (7.5 x 15.1 cm)
Image: 190 x 75 mm (19 x 7.5 cm)
Sheet: 300 x 207 mm (30 x 20.7 cm)
Medium: Pencil and black ink on thin/tracing paper
Object number: F.137
DescriptionLightly drawn and finely detailed drawing of a floral pattern which, literally translated, is called 'No.6 Paris Forest'. It is unclear whether Lethaby may have designed this pattern or copied it from somewhere (the latter being most likely, due to the tracing paper).