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Project for a Painted Wall Decoration

Unknown1835–1840

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Design for a wall covering with large repeat of white garlands and scrolling floral elements on a gray ground, with a reddish-orange poppy and green leaf garland trimming the top. At the bottom a grayish-purple stripe indicates the dado and alternating grayish-purple, olive, and white stripes at the top indicate the entablature. The entire design is bordered by a thick black line.

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  • Title: Project for a Painted Wall Decoration
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1835–1840
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims
  • Medium: Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on heavy white wove paper
  • Paper Support: Heavy white wove paper
  • Exhibitions: New York, NY - CHNDM, "House Proud: Nineteenth-Century Watercolor Interiors from the Thaw Collection," August 12, 2008-January 25, 2009.
  • Dimensions: 35.7 x 26.5 cm (14 1/16 x 10 7/16 in.)
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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