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Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Frieze of upper border for panels, made to connect with pilaster capital. Larger version of brown foliate scroll motifs of dado. Also has large foliate roundels at intervals. Gray bands to indicate shadows. Heavy brown molding along top, on off-white ground.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Manufacturer
Desfossé et Karth, French, 1863
Date
1851–65
Credit Line
Gift of A. Germain
Medium
Block-printed paper
Dimensions
254 x 57 cm (100 x 22 7/16 in. )
Type
Wallcoverings
Object Name
Frieze
Type
Frieze
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