Book Endpaper Design: Two Paisley Bands
date: label: Date
content: 19th century
name: label: Firm
content: Remondini, Varese, Italy
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Two identical bands of stylized paisley motifs. The teardrop-shaped forms contain elaborate orange and red patterns incorporating leaves and black dots and are positioned against a blue background. Between these two large bands are smaller cream, orange, and red decorated strips; one consists of black dots, an orange background, and red triangle-like forms, and the other contains red and orange flowers against a cream background. A strip containing black horizontal lines appears in the middle of the composition.
place: label: made in
content: Italy
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Mrs. J.G.K. Duer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1962-198-8
objectType: label: Type
content: decorated papers
label: Object Name
content: Decorated paper
label: Type
content: Decorated paper
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Woodcut on cream laid paper
label: Dimensions
content: 37.8 × 44.3 cm (14 7/8 × 17 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: Mat: 55.9 × 71.1 cm (22 × 28 in.)