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    Object Details

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Chinoiserie design with two alternating views. Seated coolie or Asian figure sitting under tree, looking onto a fountain, alternates with a large red umbrella or parasol atop an elevated landscape plateau with seated figure. Scenes contain floral swags and fruit trees. Printed in blues, black, white, pink, and red on white-dotted pale blue ground.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Thomas Strahan Company

    Date

    1900–25

    Accession Number

    1976-46-39

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    Wallcoverings
    Sidewall

    Medium

    Block-printed paper

    Dimensions

    67 x 51 cm (26 3/8 x 20 1/16 in.)

    made in

    France

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Wallcoverings Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4cf8cacf8-5042-4bb8-98eb-88c8a2e5be21

    Record ID

    chndm_1976-46-39

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