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Sidewall
From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
About this work
Vertical rectangle. Chinoiserie design of eight motifs, three including human figures, two with a sort of phoenix, and three with flowers; white field covered with slender blue-gray foliage scrolls. Printed in reds, blues, greens, and neutral oranges on white ground. Samll sections of a like paper have been cut and pasted on the front of this piece to fill losses. Mounted on a gray paper.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineSidewall. 1845–1855. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt. CC0.
