Wilde Carnation draws palmettes in the Ottoman style, fanned forms repeating in ordered rows, and it carries a particular distinction: this was the first design Osborne & Little ever produced. Its survival in the collection says something about how well the drawing holds up.
The palmette is one of decoration's oldest motifs, and here it reads with a flat, graphic confidence that still feels current. It suits halls, dining rooms and studies, brings a sense of the firm's own history to a wall, and pairs easily with plains that pick up its ground. Made in the United States.
