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Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Between striped edgings, the wide central band contains flowers enframed by cartouches which are separated by garlands of flowers. Each cartouche has eight points alternating between palmettes and rosettes/acanthus leaves. The background is flocked; printed in yellow, gold, green, blue, red, pink and a purple flocked background.
H# 312 ?
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
1835–45
Credit Line
Gift of Josephine Howell
Medium
Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper
Dimensions
19.5 x 21.5 cm (7 11/16 x 8 7/16 in.)
Type
Wallcoverings
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