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A fragment of a heavily worn, stamped, silvered, painted leather sidewall wallcovering with an imprinted pattern, nearly impossible to discern amidst cracks and discoloration. In the upper right corner a dark brown scroll can be seen and in the lower left is a similar scroll stamped with small repeating circles, while in the upper left we have a suggestion of foliage and berries.

Sidewall, 17th century
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-17

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A silvered, painted leather sidewall wallcovering with a dark green background whose surface is aged revealing discoloration particularly on the right hand side and a crackled texture. Scrolling brown strapwork arches from the mid-to-lower left to the upper right corner and is repeated forming the edges of a triangle from the lower left corner to the lower right corner. In the upper left, upper right an lower left corner are suggestions of bright red flowers and dark foliage but the cracks in the surface make it difficult to discern their exact nature.

Sidewall, ca. 1680
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-16

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A silvered, painted leather sidewall wallcovering its background varnishings split into two halfs diagonally, the upper left varnished pale green and its lower right varnished dark teal. Defining the diagonal is a gold diapered, decorated with a repeating stamped geometric pattern, section. Across the checkerboard geometric section are intersecting scrolls overlayed with dark red leaves. In the top half six interlaced feathers point downwards towars the center, with their decorated tips alternating between pale pink bell flowers and dark red stripes, a large gold scroll running across them all horizontally. In the bottom half are two pale blue red veined daisy like flowers with several other buds about to burst into bloom and a cluster of dark green leaves outlined in gold.

Object ID #18135901
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-15

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A fragment of a stamped, silvered, painted leather sidewall wallcovering. On a pale green varnished background a large conical horn shape veers upward from the mid-to- lower right to the top left corner with a texture equivalent to tree bark. Directly beneath it is a long gold leaf with a string of red berries along the middle. In the upper right corner a large red lily is crowned by small white blossom at the base of the petals. Set against a dark teal background in the bottom right corner are red round fruits and dark green leaves.

Sidewall, ca. 1730
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-14

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A heavily worn, abraded, silvered, painted leather sidewall wallcovering with a stamped pattern, nearly impossible to discern amidst cracks and discoloration on a flattened surface. A strapwork curved border can be seen at the top, and portions of a sticker applied to the front remains in two places, in bottom right corner and bottom center left.

Sidewall, ca. 1700
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-13

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A silvered, painted leather sidewall wallcovering. On a pale green varnished background, arabesques of golden tulips, carnations and lilies intersect with one another through weaving dark red stems with green and red leaves creating a heart shape. Just below the v curve of the heart in the lower center is a small gold bird with wings outstretched its head turned towards center above a bouquet of flowers and foliage

Sidewall (Holland), ca. 1750
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-12

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A painted leather fragment of a frieze varnished in silver, red, white and green. In the center is an arabesque pattern of two partial red roses surrounded by curling brown and green foliage on a silver background. The roses are encased inside a dark red border at the top and a golden border at the bottom, both stamped with a repeated geometric motif of oval, circle and diamond.

Frieze, ca. 1680
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-11

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A silvered painted leather sidewall wallcovering. In the lower center is a gold ornate basket with scroll shaped handles containing flowers and foliage, which is placed beneath a gold lambrequin, a short piece of decorative drapery hung over the top of a door or window or draped from a shelf or mantelpiece. Both are set against a dark brown background.

Object ID #18135869
leather, stamped, painted, silvered.
Gift of Sarah Cooper Hewitt.
1903-11-10

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A silvered painted varnished leather sidewall wallcovering which is framed in a dark brown frame. The background is pale gold and black stamped with lemon roses and a dark red feather in the upper left, a blue marigold in the upper center with small blue daisy-like flowers beneath, a dark pink thistle in the lower right corner and pink daisies and blossom in the lower left corner. Green and dark red branches and leaves weave their way in and out of the blooms.

Sidewall (Holland), 1720
leather, stamped, silvered, varnished, and painted.
Given by Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt.
1903-10-3

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A dark brown, worn, silvered, painted, varnished leather sidewall wallcovering with an imprinted pattern nearly impossible to discern amidst cracks and discoloration. There is a suggestion of two large birds, possibly game birds, sitting on top of a pedestal in the center, the one on the left facing right with its wings outstretched, the one of the right facing left with its wings down. Above the birds appears to be a semi-circular canopy and they are surrounded by an array of foliage and scrollwork.

Sidewall (Holland), 1720
leather, stamped, silvered, varnished, painted.
1903-10-2

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A silvered painted leather sidewall wallcovering. On a dark green background golden embossed scrolls surround a brown latticed hourglass shape, in the center of which is a smaller gold hourglass surrounded by tiny pale green and bright red daisy-like flowers. In the mid to lower left a large brown feather curls in a 'C' shape towards the right, and appears to be mirrored towards the left, though cut off by the edge of the wallcovering. A similar feather inversed can be found on the right side although the majority is cut off by the right edge of the wallcovering. In the curve of the 'C' and inverse 'C' caused by the feathers is a spray of flowers and foliage including a bright red marigold, a brown tulip, a pale green daisy and a brown rose. In the upper left corner a golden shell, with its interior latticed, is filled with red and green flowers and foliage.

Object ID #18135841
leather, embossed, silvered, varnished, painted.
Gift of Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt.
1903-10-1

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Sidewall (France)

Sidewall (France)
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Mrs. Charles S. Fairchild.
1900-5-3

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

An irregular shaped fragment of aa embossed leather wall covering with scrolls, ribbons, foliage and acorns.The scrolls are gold, silver and black with black foliage that appears to be oak leaves in black with light gold acorns on a gray background. There are multiple vertical cracks traveling across the surface of the object. The background behind the object is light grey.

Sidewall (Belgium), ca. 1700
leather, stamped, silvered, painted.
1900-20-6

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A irregular horizontal rectangle from an embossed leather wall covering on a medium grey background. There is a gold border embossed with a bell floral pattern around a cartouche also in gold with a vine scrolling from left to right in gold and green foliage and red and yellow flowers on a grey background. To the right go the cartouche is a gold scroll on a dark green background.

Border (Belgium), ca. 1700
leather, stamped, silvered, painted.
1900-20-5

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

An irregular shaped fragment of a wall covering on a light grey background with gold painted scroll work and foliage patterns on a silver background. There is some black within the design and around the edges that indicates tarnishing.

Sidewall (Belgium), ca. 1700
leather, stamped, silvered, painted.
1900-20-4

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

A fragment of a leather varnished wallcovering with a framework of wooden strapwork crossing the center. The strapwork has a double border surrounding a series of quatrefoil motifs and a red and dark green floral trellis design. Flowers and curling leaves encircle the strapwork, including a golden rose and red marigold in our left corner, a tall brown leaf in the center, a curling leaf dotted with red seeds in our right corner and deep blue daisy-like flowers with bright red centers in the mid-center.

Sidewall (Belgium), 1700
leather, stamped, silvered, varnished.
1900-20-3

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Leather
leather.
1900-12-2-a,b

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 2 images of this object.