Ceiling medallion
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Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Large circular medallion. Center portion is putto in grisaille with a puttowith spread wings and floating drapery. He has a spray of leaves held in his outstretched arms. The medallion is encircled with a flower wreath in natural colors. Both double and single roses are used. This wreath is on anoyster-white field edged with a small circular border printed in tones of violet.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Harvey Smith
- 1850–60
- Accession Number
- 1946-96-1
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Wallcoverings
- Ceiling medallion
- Medium
- Block-printed on machine-made paper
- Dimensions
- 92 x 85 cm (36 1/4 x 33 7/16 in.)
- Place
- France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Wallcoverings Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1946-96-1
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4e6ce040f-14a4-47af-bf9e-0bae2fc2fb93
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