An ivory ground scattered loosely with sprays of pink roses, small blossoms, and sage-green foliage runs to a border of dusty rose ground carrying large acanthus scrolls and rosettes in olive green, mauve, and gold, all framed by a plain camel-colored outer band. Corner medallions of curling acanthus leaves anchor the border scheme, and a narrow ivory guard stripe with a wave motif separates the border from the outer edge.
Louis XV Period. Provenance: Ephrussi de Rothschild Collection
An ivory field opens to a central medallion formed by an oval scrolling frame enclosing a bouquet of pink and rose-toned flowers with sage foliage. Each corner carries a matching cartouche of acanthus scrollwork and floral sprays in dusty rose, cream, and soft brown, echoed at the mid-points of the border. A wide rose-red border trimmed in dark brown and pale gold striped bands frames the composition, with a narrow patterned guard stripe running along the outer edge.
Devon, Great Britain. George III Period.
A deep brown ground centers on an oval medallion of twisted rope-and-ribbon banding enclosing a pale blue field with a pink rosette bloom. Sprays of roses, trailing leaves, and small blossoms in dusty pink, blue-gray, and gold spread across the corners and along a lattice-patterned border, with a rondel of a rosette set at each side and corner of the outer band. The composition is arranged in loose mirror symmetry, with slight variation in the placement of individual flower stems on either side.
An ivory field carries a symmetrical medallion built from urns, rosettes and garlands of pink and yellow roses linked by trailing green foliage, with acanthus scrolls and ribboned bouquets filling the four corners. The wide border layers a mustard-gold diamond-lattice band against a brown ground of blue acanthus scrolls, framed by an outer gray guard stripe woven with a continuous chain of pink and white roses tied with ribbon.
An open ivory field carries a single small blue rosette-and-ribbon medallion at center, its curling ribbons rendered in pale blue against the plain ground. The corners are marked with delicate garlands of laurel-like foliage strung with small red berries, echoing the running guilloche border of interlaced ribbon medallions that frames the field on a narrow gold band, all enclosed by a thin outer stripe of dusty blue.
An ivory field is organized in a lattice of scalloped medallions in soft coral outline, each enclosing a small rose spray and connected by scrolling tendrils on a cream ground. A wide floral border of pink roses, cream blossoms, and blue-green foliage on an ivory ground frames the field, separated by a narrow guard band of a repeating scalloped motif in coral and cream, with a dark green outer edge.
An amber-brown ground carries an overall repeat of large rose blossoms in crimson and pink, interspersed with cream and ivory flower heads, sprays of small red berries, and dark navy leaf clusters set against sage-green foliage. The border is a continuous garland of red roses and green leaves on a matching brown ground, framed by a narrow serrated ivory guard stripe. The floral scale is uniform from top to bottom, giving the field a dense, unbroken lattice of bloom and leaf.
Imperial Factory, St. Petersburg, USSR
The field is arranged in vertical columns of small crimson and pale rose blossoms alternating with slender ribbed stripes, all set against a pale straw ground. A narrow guard band of tiny stepped diamonds in olive and rust frames the field, followed by a wide border of diagonal ribbon twists in sage green interwoven with clusters of pink and crimson roses and green foliage on a dark chocolate ground. The corners of the outer border resolve the diagonal ribbon motif into a continuous, mitred turn.
