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Project for the Painted Decoration of a Wall, with Alternative Suggestions

Unknown1840–60

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Groups of three narrow stripes and a broad stripe alternate above a dado and beneath an entablature, the bottom molding of which is colored green. The lower part of the design suggests waved bands for the stripes, except the central one of the narrow ones, showing ovoidals. Strokes shadow the backgrounds. In the upper part are suggested: a frieze motif for the broad stripes, a waved band with halves of rosettes in the wedges for the narrow stripes, framing the broad one, palmettes for the central narrow stripe. A garland of vine leaves and hanging blossoms is laid over the tops of the stripes. Framing similar to 1940-120-9.

Details

  • Title: Project for the Painted Decoration of a Wall, with Alternative Suggestions
  • Creator: Unknown
  • Date Created: 1840–60
  • Type: Drawing
  • Rights: Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims
  • Medium: Brush and watercolor and graphite on white wove paper
  • Paper Support: White wove paper
  • Inscribed: Written in graphite on reverse: "(?) Mutter."
  • Dimensions: 33.8 x 24.6 cm (13 5/16 x 9 11/16 in.)

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