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Frieze

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Manufacturer

Carey Bros. W.P. Mfg. Co., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded 1882

Catalogue Status

Research in Progress

Description

Horizontally repeating pattern of short and tall groups of stylized lotus blossoms. Clouds of smaller flowers frame the lotus blossoms. Art Nouveau style borders run along the top and bottom of the page, and an architectural pattern of reeded archways runs through the middle of the page. Pattern is machine-printed in gold, green, pink, purple, dark red and off-white on a khaki ground.

Credit Line

Gift of Victorian Collectibles

Date

1905–1915

Accession Number

1979-91-384

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Wallcoverings
Frieze

Medium

Machine-printed paper

Dimensions

91 x 49.5 cm (35 13/16 x 19 1/2 in.)

made in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

See more items in

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Wallcoverings Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4d4bacac5-fcd8-407b-90bc-5223e3adda52

Record ID

chndm_1979-91-384

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