Sidewall
Object Details
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Vertical rectangle with arabesque or grotesque design. Printed on joined sheets of paper. Alternating motifs: two addorsed griffins upholding a flower basket; female figures sheathed in foliage, resting upon a circular medallion enclosing a butterfly; cornucopia with flowers; branches, scrolls and pearls.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt
- Data Source
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date
- ca. 1785
- Accession Number
- 1931-45-8
- Attributed to
- Jean-Baptiste Réveillon, French, 1725–1811
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Wallcoverings
- Sidewall
- Medium
- Block printed on handmade paper
- Dimensions
- 114.5 x 52.5 cm (45 1/16 x 20 11/16 in.)
- made in
- Paris, France
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Wallcoverings Department
- Record ID
- chndm_1931-45-8
