Medium:

Block-printed on handmade paper

Dimensions:

H x W (a): 65 x 9.5 cm (25 9/16 x 3 3/4 in.)

Type:

Wallcoverings

Border

Made in:

France

Date:

1790–1820

Description:

A band of egg motifs enframed in ovals of simplified foliage. At the bottom runs a band of elongated lozenges end-to-end. Printed in grisaille and tan on black ground.

H#364

Credit Line:

Gift of Josephine Howell

Accession Number:

1972-42-17-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/kq41bd35e4f-3b94-453f-87bc-94e6fcbdd79d

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:chndm_1972-42-17-a_b