Ornaments with Golden Pheasants, Snails, and Ladybugs

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Birds, background effect. — Snails and mushroom. — Ladybugs and maidenhair fern, fabric. — Golden pheasants and irises, border.

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Artist

Name:
Pillard Verneuil, Maurice
Dates:
1869-1942
Country:
France

Illustration

Subject:
Ornaments & Patterns
Technique:
Lithograph
Lithographer:
Imprimerie Lemercier et cie
Format:
Landscape (wider)
Source:
The New York Public Library

Book

Title:
L'Animal dans la décoration
Author:
Pillard Verneuil, Maurice
Publisher:
Paris: E. Lévy, n.d. [1897]
Open Library:
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Description:

Combination of discrete ornamental designs featuring unspecified birds in hexagonal pattern arrangement, snails climbing a mushroom stipe, ladybugs of various sizes crawling maidenhair fern, and golden pheasants against a backdrop of irises.

The caption reads in the original French: Oiseaux, jeu de fond. — Escargots et champignon. — Coccinelles et capillaire, étoffe. — Faisans dorés et iris, bordure.

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