Border
date: label: Date
content: 1820–50
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: a) main pattern of this border consists of a band of alternating vertical leaves and arrow heads connected at the base by a system of curls. Three stripes run along the upper edge, while the lower edge is banded by a string of pointed ellipses connected by round beads. Each "ellipse"is outlined in dots and contains a sprig that points in the opposite direction of its neighbor. Printed in greens, gray, white, mustard and mauve on a black background; b) a narrow band superimposed over "13-a". Border consists of a cable pattern with two different, alternating segments: one with serrated highlights, and the other with rows of dots and stripes. Printed in greens, white and gray on black; c) A later superimposition of "19-a". This border consists of a continuous horizontal branch wrapped around in foliage, more naturalistic than the underlying border. Printed in rust, browns, yellow, ochre, light and dark green and black; d) Companion to "13-a". Consists of a temple set into a landscape, flanked by a palm-like tree and a pine, alternating with a long-tailed bird around which rose branches have been arranged.
place: label: made in
content: France
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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 Josephine Howell
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1972-42-13-a/o
objectType: label: Type
content: Wallcoverings
label: Type
content: Border
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Block-printed on handmade paper
label: Dimensions
content: 223 x 13 cm (87 13/16 x 5 1/8 in.)