Paper curtain
date: label: Date
content: 1872
name: label: Manufacturer
content: Jeffrey & Co., 1836–1930 London, England
notes: label: Description
content: "a/q": Embossed in small-scale diamond-diaper pattern, vertical stripes: alternating white and bright blue backgrounds with short repeat floral and leaf patterns, symmetrical along vertical axes; strong multicolors, especially red, outlined in yellow. Stripes separated by black band between yellow lines, with string-of-beads pattern; "r/u": tie backs of blue background striped, hemmed ends folded into points, metal fittings "v" Narrow blue background strip with nail holes.
label: Description
content: a/s) originally, part of paper hung as two pairs of curtains, part hung on wall with nails. Purshased, Paris, 1964, backed with muslin and hung by donor on apt. walls. holes in e, g, o.
label: Description
content: v) In margin printed twice; in blade: Registry mark of 29 July, 1872 (image in leger)
place: label: made in
content: London, 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. Lester S. Abelson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1967-11-1-w,x
objectType: label: Type
content: Wallcoverings
label: Type
content: Paper curtain
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Machine-printed paper, embossed a/p) mounted on muslin t,s) machine stitched threads r) metal rings s) brass eyes
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (a): 116.3 x 181.5 cm (45 13/16 in. x 5 ft. 11 7/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (b): 155.5 x 182.7 cm (5 ft. 1 1/4 in. x 5 ft. 11 15/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (c): 46 x 110.5 cm (18 1/8 x 43 1/2 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (d): 110.5 x 46 cm (43 1/2 x 18 1/8 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (e): 98.6 x 183.3 cm (38 13/16 in. x 6 ft. 3/16 in.)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W (f): 183.5 x 81 cm (6 ft. 1/4 in. x 31 7/8 in.)