Textile Design with Scattered Ovals 1840 Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century Rectangular sheet of paper with a textile design from a group, dated 1840, made in Mulhouse, Alsace, which was an important nineteenth-century center for textile production in the Haut-Rhin region of France. The design is made of ovals of different sizes scattered over a light tan base. The largest ovals are rendered in dark reddish-brown and have a star-like figure of light tan color with stipples of dark reddish-brown color in the center. The ovals of a smaller size are rendered in dark reddish-brown. The smallest ovals are rendered in white color and outlined in black and are arranged in alternating vertical strips over the other ovals.. Textile Design with Scattered Ovals. Anonymous, Alsatian, 19th century. 1840. Gouache