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Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Imitation leather. Embossed free-flowing design of stylized fruit (grapes, plums, oranges, lichees, pomegranates, pears), flowers (roses, dogwood blossoms, sunflowers), leaves, a serpent-like bird and a dragon; printed in metallic gold and maroon.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Date
1875–85
Credit Line
Gift of Arlene M. and Thomas C. Ellis
Medium
Block-printed paper, embossed
Dimensions
91 x 92 cm (35 13/16 x 36 1/4 in.)
Type
Wallcoverings
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