Sidewall
Cooper Hewitt

Sidewall

1810–20

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

Vertical rectangle; the end of a roll composed of joined sheets. Fleurons and squares, brown and yellow, in alternating rows, with remainder of background covered by a foliate arabesque. The printed motifs simulate a textile weave and are printed slightly out of register.

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