An open ivory field is worked with tone-on-tone scrolling acanthus and strapwork, left almost bare at center to let the ground read as blank. The border, more slender at the sides than at the corners, is composed of loose garlands of pink and cream roses, small blossoms and olive-green foliage that swell into fuller floral bouquets at each corner.
Provenance: Richard Potter, Dallas, Texas
Directoire Period.
Sold as a pair or as an individual.
#02112 measures 7' 8" x 2' 4"
#02113 measures 7' 8" x 2' 4"
An ivory field is covered with symmetrical scrolling acanthus tendrils in soft beige and taupe, interlaced with garlands of small pink roses and scattered floral sprigs. The border is composed of a rust-red band flanked by a repeating cream acanthus-leaf scroll, framed by a narrow plain ivory guard stripe. The overall palette stays muted throughout, with only the border's terracotta tone offering contrast to the pale field.
50% Southern Cattail, 50% Cotton
The field is composed entirely of fine, tightly packed horizontal ribs in warm straw and pale ivory tones, creating a subtle striated texture across the whole surface. No border, medallion, or figurative motif interrupts the plain banded ground, which reads as a continuous, uniform stripe pattern from edge to edge. A close-up inset reveals the individual ribs curving slightly and alternating in tone, giving the flat surface a quiet, rhythmic variation of light and shadow.
80% Southern Cattail, 20% Cotton
The field is left entirely open, its surface built from horizontal bands of tan, straw, and pale gold that shift subtly in tone across the width. Fine vertical ridges run the length of the piece, catching light differently as they cross the softer horizontal striations, giving the ground a quiet, irregular movement. A detail inset shows the individual rounded strands bound tightly by thin pale cording, revealing the segmented, tubular character of the material up close.
80% Southern Cattail, 20% Cotton
The field is left open in a warm straw tone, animated only by a repeating chevron pattern that runs in horizontal bands from top to bottom, each zigzag rendered in a slightly deeper honey shade against the lighter ground. A plain narrow selvage frames the piece on either side, with no additional border ornament. An inset detail shows the coarse plaited texture of the surface up close, revealing the twisted, braid-like structure that forms the visible chevrons.
50% Southern Cattail, 50% Cotton
The field is left entirely open, given over to a continuous flat-woven surface of narrow, irregular striations in tan, ivory, and dark brown that catch the light at slightly varying angles across each row. There is no border framing the composition; the edges are finished with a plain, self-toned selvedge that runs the full length on both sides. A detail inset shows the structure up close, revealing thin ivory binding threads looping over thicker rounded elements in alternating light and dark tones.
Southern Cattail, Cotton
The field is left open, a solid expanse of narrow horizontal striations in warm tan and straw tones that create a subtly flickering, textured surface rather than a fixed pattern. No border encloses the composition, and the edges are finished with a plain flat binding. A detail inset shows the individual strands crossing in a loose diagonal lattice, revealing thin pale threads woven between the thicker straw-colored elements.
