Sidewall
Cooper Hewitt

Sidewall

ca. 1880

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

Irregular pattern of vine-like stems bearing large leaves and five-petaled flowers; repeat of two distinct vertical motifs printed one above the other in off-set columns; color scheme of tans and greys with a slight greenish tint throughout; leaves are caladium-like with dark centers and bright edges with white dot highlighting; attempts at naturalistic shading with outlining in both black and cream; tan ground.

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