Curtain paper

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
Chintz or India-inspired design. Brightly colored exotic flowers interspersed with bands of foliate motifs having appearance of cable twists. Printed in green, pink, gray, red, blue, yellow ocher and black on off-white paper. Appears to be printed on ungrounded cotton rag paper.
Credit Line
Bequest of Elinor Merrell
1850–90
Accession Number
1995-50-387
Restrictions & Rights
CC0
Type
Wallcoverings
Curtain paper
Medium
Machine-printed paper, embossed
Dimensions
Overall: 365.8 x 149.9 cm (12 ft. x 59 in.)
possibly made in
England
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Wallcoverings Department
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Record ID
chndm_1995-50-387
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4ca99e0bf-5d1e-4444-ac82-4e64a2ea5543
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