Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Cut-paper doily.
Published / Created:
Great Britain, approximately 1820.
Physical Description:
1 cut-paper work ; 23 x 23 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes:
Intricate cut-paper work in the form of a doily, featuring botanical designs, fashioned from a square sheet of plain white paper. To make the cuts, the sheet was folded in eighths, on a radial plan, so that the finished (unfolded) work bears a radial symmetry. The repeated flower designs may depict a stylized poppy. The work is unsigned but was probably produced in Great Britain, circa 1820.
Subject Terms:
Poppies. | Paper work -- Specimens.
Form/Genre:
Cut-paper works. | Doilies. | Botanical illustrations.