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Butkin [1918-1980]", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "1977-1980", "sortorder": 3 }, { "description": "Mrs. Muriel Butkin [1915-2008]", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "1980-2005", "sortorder": 4 }, { "description": "the Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH", "citations": [], "footnotes": null, "date": "March 4, 2019", "sortorder": 5 } ], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": "Jean Baptiste Pillement not only created designs for silk manufacture, he also is credited with inventing a new technique for printing on fabric.", "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "This drawing features a floral design intended for use by the silk manufactory in Lyon, a city with a long tradition in this industry. Jean Baptiste Pillement\u2019s chalk drawings were translated not only into fabric, but also prints, which circulated and spread his style widely. 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He eventually moved to London, where in 1755 he published the first of many books of Chinoiserie designs. However, he was most well-known for his prints of flowers. His popularity waned significantly when Rococo design fell out of fashion at the end of the century.", "name_in_original_language": null, "birth_year": "1728", "death_year": "1808", "use_in_caption": true, "include_extent": false, "weight": 1 } ], "legal_status": "accessioned", "accession_date": "2019-03-04T00:00:00-05:00", "sortable_date": 1785, "date_added_to_oa": null, "date_text": "c. 1790", "collapse_artists": false, "on_loan": false, "recently_acquired": false, "record_type": "object", "conservation_statement": null, "has_conservation_images": false, "cover_accession_number": null, "is_nazi_era_provenance": false, "impression": null, "alternate_titles": [], "is_highlight": false, "updated_at": "2026-08-22 11:53:09.849000" } }