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Producer:
Imperial Wallcoverings Inc.  Search this
Medium:
Machine-printed on paper, mica flakes
Dimensions:
Overall: 326.4 x 55.5 cm (10 ft. 8 1/2 in. x 21 7/8 in.)
Type:
Wallcoverings
Frieze
Made in:
Glens Falls, New York, USA
Date:
1907
Catalogue Status:
Research in Progress
Description:
Flitter frieze with classically-styled motifs. Contains large scallop shells within half-circle deep red niches. Architectural molding with dentils along top edge. Egg and dart molding around niches. Molding along bottom edge with beading. A laurel wreath and ribbon with bowknot occupies the space between the niches. Printed in deep red, green and grisaille, with gold mica flake highlights.
Credit Line:
Gift of Theodore A. Gantz
Accession Number:
2005-27-7
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
See more items in:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Wallcoverings Department
Data Source:
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq424092b67-a58a-46f0-9b52-b46836e18ea9
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:chndm_2005-27-7