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Frieze

Unknown Maker

Half figure with a female head and torso, morphing into an acanthus foliate base. Directly behind this figure is a pendant ancanthus anthemion, followed by what appears to be another half figure, a mirror image of the prior. which is the mirror image. These three elements form a pilaster supporting a narrow capital and cable molding. The ground is printed in imitation of geen stone.

Credit: Gift of Robert W. Modaff

1800-1820
Block-printed paper
1974-28-2-a/h
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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