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Sidewall
Jean-Baptiste Réveillonca. 1785
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Vertical rectangle with arabesque or grotesque design. Printed on joined sheets of paper. Alternating motifs: two addorsed griffins upholding a flower basket; female figures sheathed in foliage, resting upon a circular medallion enclosing a butterfly; cornucopia with flowers; branches, scrolls and pearls.
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Details
- Title: Sidewall
- Creator: Jean-Baptiste Réveillon
- Creator Lifespan: 1725/1811
- Date Created: ca. 1785
- Physical Dimensions: w525 x h1145 cm
- Type: Sidewall
- Rights: Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
- Medium: Block-printed on handmade paper, joined sheets
- Dimensions: 114.5 x 52.5 cm (45 1/16 x 20 11/16 in.)
- Bibliography: Chronicle ill., v. 1, no. 4, April 1938, p. 138.
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