Frieze
date: label: Date
content: 1825–35
name: label: Designer
content: Xavier Mader
label: Manufacturer
content: Dufour et Leroy
notes: label: Description
content: Fans of ostrich plumes emerging behind sunburst of jewels, over which are drapery swags rendered in flock; this bound by a string of pearls and emeralds. Swags are caught up with jewelled medallion from which is pendant a giant pearl, and over this, a cluster of jewels. Tassels hang below this. Along the edge, egg and dart banding. On the verso, an imprint of a simple striped pattern with sprigs in widely-spaced grid, the paper hung with this frieze.
place: label: made in
content: Paris, France
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Wallcoverings Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Jackson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1973-10-1
objectType: label: Type
content: Wallcoverings
label: Type
content: Frieze
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Block-printed and flocked paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 183 x 54 cm (72 1/16 x 21 1/4in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Repeat: 54.8 x 54 cm (21 9/16 x 21 1/4 in.)