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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. Neo-Rococo pattern with five motifs of bunches of flowers arranged jigsaw-like; bunches alternatively tied at their base by ribbons with bow knots, hanging from a looped ribbon, or sprouting from an odd, chinoiserie horseshoe-shaped jewelry-like form; flow of growth is both upward and downward; naturalistic coloring and shading with light blue, red, and cream predominantly used on the flowers, light blue on the ribbons, and light blue, red, and tan on the jewelry forms; white 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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