Printed cotton velveteen panel (one length) with a design by Alphonse Mucha (Femme à la Marguerite) of a young woman with flowing hair, holding a daisy and standing amongst a profusion of flowers including datura, roses, hydrangea and hollyhocks in tones of beige, lavender, aqua, chartreuse, pale green, deep reddish-peach, and dusty peach against deep teal green ground with swirling designs. Signed "Mucha" within design. This panel represents a full vertical repeat; nearly a full horizontal repeat. The right selvage is present, the top, bottom and left side have cut and unfinished ---- Alphonse Mulcha is best known for his lithographs of women with long, luxuriant tresses surrounded by glorious flowers and swirling vines. But this Paris-trained artist also designed jewelry, silverware, wallpaper, embroidery, rugs, and fabrics, such as ‘Femme a la Marguerite’. Here, Mucha presents a beautiful, exotic woman in the same highly decorative graphic style that he had established with his 1894 poster of the famous actress Sarah Bernhardt. The woman’s romantic dress and flowing locks, the garlands of flowers that frame her face and figure, and the shadowy, whiplash curves floating in the background demonstrate the lush French Art Nouveau style, made even more luxurious by printing on soft velveteen. This elegant panel was probably intended for a domestic use as a cushion cover. -The Baltimore Museum of Art: Celebrating a Museum. Baltimore, MD: The Baltimore Museum of Art, 2014.