Wall facing
Unknown Maker
Horizontal rectangle. Thirty-seven tiles wide and twenty-one high with opening for door or window nineteen and one-half tiles high and twelve wide. To left and right of opening, centered canopy above. Left, woman representing Hope, right, a sculputure urn. Centered above opening, a mascaron. Arabesque design of foliage.
Credit: Gift of William Randolph Hearst
c. 1725
Tin-glazed earthenware, underglaze
1926-43-5-207
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020
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