Cleveland Museum of Art

Flower Embroidery Design for Silk Manufactory of Lyon

Jean Baptiste Pillement

Date

c. 1790

Medium

black and colored crayon on wove paper

Culture

France, 18th century

Department

Drawings

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This drawing features a floral design intended for use by the silk manufactory in Lyon, a city with a long tradition in this industry. Jean Baptiste Pillement’s chalk drawings were translated not only into fabric, but also prints, which circulated and spread his style widely. Here, he used a small range of colors and repeated forms to create an appealing decorative motif. Jean Baptiste Pillement not only created designs for silk manufacture, he also is credited with inventing a new technique for printing on fabric.

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