Curtain paper
date: label: Date
content: 1850–60
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Called Anglo-Chinese. Birds, butterflies and bees among various blossoms: magnolia, gardenia, chrysanthemum and pomegranate. The black outline is printed from a key block with metal raised design. Two thicknesses of paper. Top layer of rice paper on a layer of thicker paper. Each curtain made of three widths of paper. All flowers grow from the same curving and continuous vine. Printed in rose, orange, green, yellow, blue, mauve, tan and black on ivory ground. Entire paper embossed in small diamond pattern. (b) is the main body of the curtain.
place: label: made in
content: England
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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 Mrs. Benjamin Moore
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1944-92-1-a/e
objectType: label: Type
content: Wallcoverings
label: Type
content: Curtain paper
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Block-printed paper, embossed, distemper paints,
label: Dimensions
content: 127 x 92 cm (50 x 36 1/4 in. )