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Sidewall
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Sidewall

ca. 1880 · Machine-printed paper

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

About this work

Aesthetic style design. Dense all-over pattern reminiscent of a Rococo brocade with a chinoiserie theme; foliage with stylized fir and palm trees from which partially emerges small sets of garden-path steps with rough-hewn wooden banister; naturalistic shading; color scheme is strongly yellowish with some red and pink highlighting on the flowers; light cream ground.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum’s own description
Credit lineSidewall. ca. 1880. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Gift of Jones and Erwin, Inc.. CC0.

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