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The image displays a pattern of intricately detailed, large floral designs, including various rose-like flowers with abundant green leaves, branching across the canvas. The color palette consists of soft pinks, yellows, blues, with accents of dark and light greens. In the foreground, several vines twist and turn, filled with clusters of blossoms positioned throughout the image.
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The image displays a pattern of intricately detailed, large floral designs, including various rose-like flowers with abundant green leaves, branching across the canvas. The color palette consists of soft pinks, yellows, blues, with accents of dark and light greens. In the foreground, several vines twist and turn, filled with clusters of blossoms positioned throughout the image.

National Gallery of Art · Index of American Design

Appliqued Coverlet - Tree Design

Ernest A. Towers, Jr.

Date
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 35.8 x 30 cm (14 1/8 x 11 13/16 in.)
Classification
Index of American Design · Drawing
Accession number
1943.8.336
Credit line
Index of American Design
Time span
1926 to 1950
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • Baltimore
  • American
  • appliqué

NGA object ID 12545. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.