Japonaiserie

W.N. Peak1883–85

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Anglo-Japanesque design. Full width of a paper giving nearly two full repeats of a design composed of larger and smaller enframed motifs: views of Brooklyn Bridge (opened 1883), Niagara Falls, a ferry slip, a Western road, and vases and jars. Printed in greens, browns, red and gold.

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Title: Japonaiserie
Creator: W.N. Peak
Creator Lifespan: 1880/1900
Date Created: 1883–85
Physical Dimensions: w470 x h745 cm
Type: Sidewall
Rights: Gift of Grace Lincoln Temple
Medium: Machine-printed on continuous paper
Provenance: From Mr. Bixby in Salem, Mass.
Exhibitions: "Rooms with a View, Landscape & Wallpaper"; Cooper-Hewitt Museum, April 24-October 14, 2001.Sent Sept. 1946 to Taft Museum, Cincinnati, Ohio, on loan.See Exhibition Module for further History
Dimensions: H x W: 75 x 48.5 cm (29 1/2 x 19 1/8 in.)Repeat H x W: 39.8 x 47 cm (15 11/16 x 18 1/2 in.)
Bibliography: "Wallpaper: A Picture Book of Examples in the Collection of the Cooper Union Museum", New York, CUM (reprinted from the Cooper Union Museum Chronicle Vol. 3, no. 1-2, Oct. 1961), p.24.Clay Lancaster, "The Japanese Influence in America", N.Y., 1963.Catherine L. Frangiamore, "Wallpaper Used in 19th Century America", "Antiques", N.Y., Straight Enterprises, Dec. 1972, Vol. CII #6, p. 1051, pl. VI.London, England, Victoria & Albert Museum/ The Art Council of Great Britain, "An American Museum of Decorative Art and design. Designs from the Collection of Cooper-Hewitt, New York", June 14 - Aug. 12, 1973, cat. no. 224, p.108.Other Venues:- The Booklyn Museum, New York, Dec. 18, 1973 - February 3, 1974, cat. no. 224, p. 108. Catherine Lynn, "Wallpaper in America", Pl. 97, p.439.

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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