Processes of Wallpaper Production

Object Details

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

The image shows five scenes, each with a subtitle. Beginning with the upper left scene: . A GLIMPSE . OF . THE . ART . ROOM . depicts three men at their easels as a fourth wearing a top hat circulates the room; upper right: . RECEPTION . AND . SALE . DEPARTMENT . a scene in roundel form depicting a sales reception, where a man shows potential clients (a man and woman) art off an easel, as others circulate the room; lower left: . PRINTING . TWELVE . COLORS . AT . ONE . IMPRESSION . ON . THE . CHROMATIC . PRESS . depicts a man on step ladder working a large wheeled printing press; center: A mark consisting of a stylized lion or dragon, with tail morphing into foliage, sits in profile while holding an escutcheon with two bees and a diagonal band; lower right: . EMBOSSING . depicts a worker embossing the rolls of wallpaper; lower right: . REELING . UP . depicts a worker rolling up the cut pieces of wallpaper. Lower margin has scrolling foliage on stippled-like ground; upper margin composed of various designs, including sunflowers, geometric shapes, grape bunches, and birds.

1882

Accession Number

1955-91-1

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

wallpaper designs

Object Name

Print

Type

Print

Medium

Engraving on paper

Dimensions

38 x 25.1 cm (14 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)

made in

probably England or USA

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection

Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Record ID

chndm_1955-91-1

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq44e5c5b39-cb69-432f-a0d8-15b7a862d871