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Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Neo-classical style; caryatids and affronted mythical beasts between which is a pineapple on a basket. The beasts have the body of a lion with butterfly wings. The main architectectural elements and beasts are printed in grisaille while the capitols, base and foliate band are in green. Printed on faux terra-cotta-colored stone ground.
- Credit Line
- Gift of David Marshall
- 1820–30
- Accession Number
- 2007-55-2
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Wallcoverings
- Dado
- Medium
- Block-printed on handmade paper
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 429.3 x 58 cm (14 ft. 1 in. x 22 13/16 in.)
- made in
- France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Wallcoverings Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_2007-55-2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq458523f7c-cc2d-46d1-8688-2a341a78d101
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