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The Froebel
Wm. Campbell Wall Paper Company1905
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States
Children's frieze with repeating group of seven school girls in green and red dresses, holding books, abaci and hoops, with a terrestrial globe. Across bottom a banderole with the Gothic-letter inscription in German: Arbeit macht das Leben Süss [Work Makes Life Sweet]. Printed in top selvedge: Wm. Campbell-Wall-Paper-Co., Antiseptic Pat'd 8-9-04". Printed in bottom selvedge: "The Froebel, E.J. Walenta, 496".
Details
- Title: The Froebel
- Creator: Wm. Campbell Wall Paper Company
- Creator Lifespan: 1872
- Date Created: 1905
- Type: Frieze
- Rights: Gift of Paul F. Franco
- Medium: Machine-printed on paper
- Inscribed: Printed in top selvedge: "Wm. Campbell Wall Paper Co., Antiseptic Pat'd. 8-9-04". Printed in bottom selvedge: "E.J. Walenta, The Froebel".
- Dimensions: H x W x D: 122 x 49.4 cm (48 1/16 x 19 7/16 in.)
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