Printing block
date: label: Date
content: late 18th–early 19th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Large, oblong wood block carved in relief and set with nails in allover octagonal-shaped design to form net-like ground. Pattern of naturalistic floral sprays springing from sides. At one end, four small baroque curves joining border. Block has been set in carved wood border, about two inches wide, set at right angles to the block. Pattern on this border differs at sides. Probably from other old blocks.
place: label: possibly made in
content: England
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Textiles Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Harvey Smith
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1968-45-2
objectType: label: Type
content: appliances & tools
label: Type
content: Printing block
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Medium: wood, metal
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 68 x 40 cm (26 3/4 x 15 3/4 in.)