Sidewall
Cooper Hewitt

Sidewall

ca. 1880

Machine-printed paper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

Aesthetic all-over pattern of scattered lily-like flowers and ears of grain; total repeat not seen in sample; naturalistic block shading; combination of black and golden detailing and outlining and false cast shadows gives pseudo-embossed effect; color scheme of white, greens, red on green ground.

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