This is the Ginzkey Carpet, designed by Alphonse Mucha for the 1900 Paris World’s Fair (Exhibition Universelle). The company, Ginzkey, won the Grand Prize for their six woven pieces that they entered. Pictured is the sketch for the piece by Mucha, and the actual display below. (pics from here & here)
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An archaeologist copies hieroglyphs at the temple of Medinet Habu, Luxor, 1931
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Hummingbird and Passionflowers by Martin Johnson Heade, American Paintings and Sculpture
Purchase, Gift of Albert Weatherby, 1946 Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Medium: Oil on canvas
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