Grand Canal
date: label: Date
content: ca. 1830
notes: label: Description
content: Pattern includes a scene along the Erie or "Grand Canal" between Albany and Buffalo, New York, begun in 1817. The scene is apparently based on a "View of the Aqueduct Bridge at Little Falls" included in Cadwallader D. Golden's "Memoir Prepared for the Celebration of the Completion of the New York Canals", New York, 1825. Medallion pattern on lid; guilloche border around lid. "GRAND CANAL" printed in the design. Blue ground color, block-printed in pink and white distemper, and in green brown and yellow with glossy finish.
place: label: made in
content: USA
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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 Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1918-19-12-a,b
objectType: label: Type
content: Wallcoverings
label: Object Name
content: Bandbox
label: Type
content: Bandbox
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Block printed on handmade paper, pasteboard support
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 42.5 x 33 x 28 cm (16 3/4 x 13 x 11in.)