Wood block
date: label: Date
content: 1875–99
name: label: Manufacturer
content: M.H. Birge & Sons Co., 1834
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Vertical rectangle with irregular short sides. Basic block for multicolored design, cut for larger printing areas. Leafy swags (the stems and a few nails in brass), containing wreathed oval medallions with flower. At junction of swags, two crossed flutes in laurel wreath. Drop repeat, drop match. Block stamped "8596".
place: label: Place
content: Buffalo, New York, USA
setName: label: See more items in
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Wallcoverings Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Purchased in memory of Herman A. Elsberg
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1960-248-1
objectType: label: Type
content: Wallcoverings
label: Type
content: Wood block
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Wood, brass
label: Dimensions
content: 80 x 52 x 5 cm (31 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 1 15/16 in.)