Sidewall
Cooper Hewitt

Sidewall

1800–1830

Block-printed on handmade paper
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
CC0 — Public Domain
Cooper Hewitt

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.

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