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Border

Unknown1800–25

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Naturalistically represented large, veined leaves, tendrils and contorted stems in grisaille-like beiges and white in continuous arrangement on background of bright deep blue flocking. Below, banding of horizontal beige and white lines, the banding, illusionistically shaded, appears in-the-round, with tiny snakes coiled about at regular intervals.

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  • Title: Border
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1800–25
  • Physical Dimensions: w260 x h1000 cm
  • Type: Border
  • Rights: Gift of Josephine Howell, Inc.
  • Medium: Block-printed and flocked on handmade paper
  • Dimensions: 100 x 26 cm (39 3/8 x 10 1/4 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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