Printing block
date: label: Date
content: late 18th century
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Block for printing textiles with a carved design of a thin, serpentine stem with flowers and leaves. Wire rods massed around pattern and set as diagonals in open spaces. Grooves in the sides for handling.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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 Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1931-71-26
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 x D: 24 x 18 x 5.8 cm (9 7/16 x 7 1/16 x 2 5/16 in.)