Design for a Painted Wall Decoration, with Alternative Suggestions
date: label: Date
content: 1835–40
name: label: Designer
content: Unknown, Austrian
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Design for a wall covering with rows of great petals alternating with staggered petal rosettes. A colorful green and purple garland trims the top. At the bottom, a gray strip indicates a dado while across the top alternating gray and white stripes indicate an entablature. The color way is ochre and white, with the pattern rendered in reverse at the bottom of the design. The entire design is bordered by a thick black line.
place: label: made in
content: Austria
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Museum purchase through gift of Mary Hearn Greims
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1940-120-43
objectType: label: Type
content: wallpaper designs
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Brush and watercolor, gouache, graphite on heavy white wove paper
label: Dimensions
content: 24.6 x 33.4 cm (9 11/16 x 13 1/8 in.)