Medium:

Hand painted in oil pigments on canvas

Dimensions:

H x W x D (b): 99.1 × 130.5 cm (39 in. × 51 3/8 in.)

L x W (a): 207 × 129.5 cm (6 ft. 9 1/2 in. × 51 in.)

Type:

Wallcoverings

Frieze

Made in:

USA

Date:

ca. 1890

Catalogue Status:

Research in Progress

Description:

Hand painted. Side view of a nymph enframed in a garlanded rectangle supported by a frieze of cherubs. On either side are columns supporting female busts. Across top a horizontal band of flying swans, masks, across bottom a band of linked rectangles and trefoil arches.

Credit Line:

Gift of John Davison Rockefeller, Jr.

Accession Number:

1937-57-5-a,b

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Wallcoverings Department

Data Source:

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4b5ba8df5-1660-4a21-ad71-5a02ecdc853b

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1937-57-5-a_b