Dado
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1810
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Joseph Dufour et Cie., French, 1752–1827
notes: label: Description
content: A vase filled with fruit at center towards which two kneeling, confronted maidens reach. They are dressed in flowing classical robes. A stylized Ionic column marks the horizontal repeat. A fabric is draped from the volutes between the two columns. The fabric, trimmed with a Greek key motif with anthemia in the corner, is printed in grisaille with light olive green highlights. A floral garland runs along the top edge while a cable twist runs along the bottom. Printed in grisaille with yellow and ocher.
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 John Judkyn in memory of his mother, Florence Judkins
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1953-213-1-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: Wallcoverings
label: Type
content: Dado
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Block-printed on handmade paper
label: Dimensions
content: W x D: 57 x 216.3 cm (22 7/16 in. x 7 ft. 1 3/16 in.)