Sidewall
Cooper Hewitt

Sidewall

ca. 1880

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

Regular symmetrical pattern vaguely reminiscent of Renaissance brocade; single-motif repeat in off-set vertical columns; highly-stylized bouquet of flowers and leaves sprouting both upward and downward tied at center with ribbons; no attempt at shading; foliage is beige on a darker beige ground.

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