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Border, cut-out

J. Grantil Company1928–1929

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Strand of repeating plates with center medallion of fruit that cuts-out into wall. The fruit is set up as still-life and contains an apple, a pear, a white flower, and three cherries. The plates have different landscape scenes. The one to the left of the fruit contains a house. The one to the right contains trees. The plate cut in half by the repetition appears to be a water scene. The plates' have a thick orange border that cuts into the green background. The border is blue, the top is beaded molding with a lighter blue. The fruits are pink and purple with yellow highlights. The landscape scenes are shades of blue with yellow highlights. The background has an irregular stripe going horizontally across. The paper is machine printed.

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  • Title: Border, cut-out
  • Creator: J. Grantil Company
  • Date Created: 1928–1929
  • Type: Border, cut-out
  • Rights: Gift of Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz
  • Medium: Machine-printed on paper
  • Provenance: Donor purchased the two Grantil sample books from a private collector in France ca. 2000. For the remaining non-Grantil pieces, the French, Belgian and English papers were acquired from various sources in Europe, while the American samples were acquired from private collections in the United States.
  • Dimensions: L x W: 75 x 47 cm (29 1/2 x 18 1/2 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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