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Sidewall
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Sidewall

1800–1830 · 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

a,b) On brown ground, alternating small brown stylized flowers and leaves overlaid with blue gathered fabric with white lace edging imitating drapery twists into a diaper pattern; strung pearl tassels loop around fabric; on left, a small vertical foliated border in shades of blue-black, blue, and tan; on bottom, a larger anthemion-style border in shades of blue-black, blue, and yellow; c) border - on dark brown ground between color bands of tan, yellow, and orange, a foliated vine in shades of orange, blue, light blue, and yellow.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description
Credit lineSidewall. 1800–1830. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Josephine Howell. CC0.

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