<I>Harlem Toile de Jouy</I>
date: label: Date
content: 2006
name: label: Designed by
content: Sheila Bridges, American, born 1964
notes: label: Description
content: A sidewall designed by Sheila Bridges. The wallpaper is bright yellow with repeating black and white vignettes in the French toile style. The vignettes feature pastoral scenes of people engaged in a variety of leisure activities, all wearing 18th century clothing. The scenes include young men playing basketball, ladies at their toilette, a couple dancing to a boombox, a picnic scene with fried chicken and watermelon, a woman running with horses, and girls playing double dutch.
place: label: Cultural Place
content: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Amusements
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Interior design
label: Topic
content: Recreation
label: Topic
content: Stereotypes
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sheila Bridges
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2018.72.1
objectType: label: Type
content: wallpapers
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © Sheila Bridges
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product)
label: Dimensions
content: L x W: 360 × 30 1/2 in. (914.4 × 77.5 cm)