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Sidewall
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Sidewall

1773–80 · Block printed on handmade paper

From the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

Arabesque-style Chinoiserie. Alternating motifs in orange and dark green; pergola hung with bells played by man and boy in Chinese costume, surrounded by foliage and supporting floral and fruit festoons; an urn filled with flowers and scrolled acanthus. Printed on deep blue ground. Vertical rectangle of joined sheets of paper.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description
Credit lineSidewall. 1773–80. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt. CC0.

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