William Palmer 1920s Art Deco Textile Design aluminum tray Another lovely bud vase

Another lovely bud vase

and quills

which included many fine things

I haven’t tried to load the pen with the ink to test it

From the stoic expression on her face to way she clasps her arms behind her back

William Palmer 1920s Art Deco Textile Design aluminum tray Another lovely bud vaseThis is a gorgeous hand painted watercolor textile design, mounted to black rag paper, by William Palmer, c. late 1920s, likely done when he was in school. Very Art Deco, with a strong Cubist influence as well; I'd like to think the repeating fragment of a guitar is an homage to Picasso! Palmer (1906 1987) was born in Des Moines, studied at the Art Students League in NYC under Thomas Hart Benton among others, and studied fresco painting at the Ecole