Processes of Wallpaper Production
date: label: Date
content: 1882
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: made in
content: probably England or USA
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1955-91-1
objectType: label: Type
content: wallpaper designs
label: Object Name
content: Print
label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Engraving on paper
label: Dimensions
content: 38 x 25.1 cm (14 15/16 x 9 7/8 in.)