Sidewall

J. C. Arnold1820

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Horizontal cluster of flowers and leaves is arranged in vertical columns, every other cluster being turned around. Horizontally the repeat is dropped so that the flower clusters interlock. Printed on an irise or rainbow background.

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Title: Sidewall
Creator: J. C. Arnold
Date Created: 1820
Physical Dimensions: w510 x h1010 cm
Type: Sidewall
Rights: Gift of Deutsches Tapetenmuseum
Medium: Block-printed on handmade paper
Provenance: From the house of the Greisheim family, now demolished, which was built by Nahl 1800 at 41 Obere Konigstrasse, Kassel. A store now occupies the site.
Dimensions: H x W: 101 x 51 cm (39 3/4 x 20 1/16 in.)

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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