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Sidewall

Unknown Maker

Horizontal section of coarse natural linen painted on one side with fragmentary medium- scale symmetrical design of bunch of three carnations (?) alternating with single large flower-head; smaller floral sprigs in interstices. Red, yellow, white, green and blue on black ground. One plain selvedge. Two French seams in linen.

Credit: Gift of Michel N. Benisovich

1800-1825
Linen, paint
1951-53-1
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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