Josef Frank, Morley Fletcher, and others
Botany
1944
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Linen, 108 × 51 in. (274.3 × 129.5 cm.)
Credit Line
The Jane and Worth B. Daniels, Jr. Fund; and purchased as the gift of Joseph A. Holtzman and Carl Skoggard
Object Number
2008.91
Length of plain-woven linen printed in repeating designs of bold, large-scale flowers, foliage, and butterflies in shades of green, red, blue, violet, off-white, yellow, and orange on a deep, dark red ground. The florals are presented in individual sprigs, each separated from the one next to it as in mille-fleurs tapestries, which may have partially inspired the design. An unprinted selvage 3/4" wide is found on both sides, the one inscribed with the name and designer of the textile and origin. The fabric is somewhat coarsely woven. The top and bottom edges are cut and unfinished.
Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2008; Cora Ginsburg, New York, NY.
Rena Hoisington, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "New Arrivals: Gifts of Art for a New Century," February 7-May 8, 2016.
Anita Jones, Great Lengths, The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 27,2010-April 17, 2011.
Anita Jones, Great Lengths, The Baltimore Museum of Art, October 27,2010-April 17, 2011.
Cora Ginsburg LLC Catalogue, Winter 2007, New York, New York, Josef Frank Printed Linen, Botany, Late 1940s-early 1950s, pp. 32-33, illustrated.
BMA Today, Summer 2009, p. 22, ill.
Inscribed: Printed on selvedge: BOTANY BY JOSEF FRANK PRINTED IN ENGLAND FOR MORLEY-FLETCHER On "original" paper tag attached to fabric: "Chandler & Co., Boston"
