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Ornamental composition of oriental flowers in the chinoiserie style
Draughtsman: Pillement, Jean-Baptiste
Bequeathed 1973.
Height: 207 mm
Width: 338 mm
Relative size of this object is displayed using code inspired by Good Form and Spectacle's work on the British Museum's Waddeson Bequest website and their dimension drawer. They chose a tennis ball to represent a universally sized object, from which you could envisage the size of an object.
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1975) by Fairhaven, Henry Rogers Broughton
Brown wash
Coloured chalk
Black chalk
Support composed of paper
Watercolour : Black and coloured chalks with brown wash on paper
Accession number: PD.65-1975
Primary reference Number: 24166
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Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Paintings, Drawings and Prints
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The Fitzwilliam Museum (2023) "Ornamental composition of oriental flowers in the chinoiserie style" Web page available at: https://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/24166 Accessed: 2023-03-23 07:27:07
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Accession Number: PD.66-1975
Accession Number: C.2500 & A-1928
Accession Number: C.5A-1963
Accession Number: C.1553-1928
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