block printed on handmade paper | Media | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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Full width. Against a field of vertical green stripes alternating with lines of dots, are trompe-l'oeil hanging framed pictures in two vertical lines, alternating circular and rectangular; the circular frames enclose landscapes with buildings, the rectangular frames show yards with gates.

Sidewall (France), 1800–1815
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Mrs. Rollin Stickle.
1940-74-4-a

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Small repeating clusters of flowers in horizontal repeat. At top and bottom are two narrow black lines. There is a possibility that this wallpaper came from the Jeremiah Lee Mansion, Marblehead, Massachusetts. Printed in yellow, red, green and black on gray ground.

Border (England), ca. 1765
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Grace Lincoln Temple.
1938-62-88

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Horizontal rectangle, with beaded stripes of black and white set in diagonally-placed chevron bands to simulate light and shaded surfaces of square solids.

Sidewall (USA), 1790–1800
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Grace Lincoln Temple.
1938-62-80

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

Two larger portions mounted on canvas, with space between, of serpentine vine design of large leaves set with large flowers and flower clusters; ground set with diagonal rows of dots and crosses.

Sidewall - Fragment (England), ca. 1768
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Grace Lincoln Temple.
1938-62-26-a,b

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Irregular vertical rectangle, with Indian Tree of Life against a diapered background. British excise stamp on verso.

Sidewall (England), ca. 1765
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Grace Lincoln Temple.
1938-62-24

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Portion of the figure of a woman in classical drapery, holding cymbals, against a marbleized ground. Photograph owned by C.U.M.

Sidewall - Fragment (France), ca. 1785
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Grace Lincoln Temple.
1938-62-16

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Roll of paper printed in a repeating design of flowers and foliage in the style of Pillement. Roll formed of joined sheets.

Object ID #18340227
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Mrs. Luke Vincent Lockwood.
1935-6-1

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 6 images of this object.

Vertical rectangle. Axial motif of acanthus below a basket containing fruit and wheat; border of papyrus motif. Printed in neutral red-oranges.

Sidewall (France), 1800–1810
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-84

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

Horizontal rectangle for overdoor or fireboard. Still-life with rooster, vase of roses, loaf of bread, cheese, salt, wine bottle and bunch of turnips. Printed in colors on a blue ground.

Overdoor (France), ca. 1825
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-82

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Vertical rectangle with arabesque or grotesque design. Printed on joined sheets of paper. Alternating motifs: two addorsed griffins upholding a flower basket; female figures sheathed in foliage, resting upon a circular medallion enclosing a butterfly; cornucopia with flowers; branches, scrolls and pearls.

Sidewall (France), ca. 1785
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-8

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

Horizontal rectangle in symmetrical design. In center, yellow and white urn, flanked by two Grecian figures playing the lyre, seated on yellow acanthus scrolls. At either side, a torch encased in yellow acanthus and palm leaves, on warm gray ground.

Object ID #18319413
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-79

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

A purple urn containing bouquet of black foliage, flanked by griffons, printed in grisaille, seated on foliage scroll. Outside these, pilaster with interlacing foliage design or guilloche in a purple inset panel, and acanthus leaves about capital. Printed on a terra cotta ground. Horizontal rectangle in neoclassic style.

Object ID #18319409
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-77

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

Vertical rectangle of joined sheets of paper. Alternating medallions: one shows two dogs guarding the carcass of a deer hanging head downward from a tree on which hangs also a hunting horn; the other shows a tripod urn containing flowers, flanked by peacock feathers, below which is a nest with three young birds.

Sidewall, Hunt Trophy and Floral Arabesque, ca. 1785
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-6

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

Two vertical rectangles of joined sheets of paper, with one similar and one identical unit of decoration. In the bottom half of each, a pink and green rose wreath, enclosing a diagonally set square in which is a lyre; a palmette at each corner, outside the wreath. In the upper half, a Pompeian framework composed of urns, hanging musical instruments and drapery swags, enclosing grisaille figure groups: a) woman with lyre, attended by putto; b) woman putting a wreath upon a bust of Voltaire, attended by a putto.

Sidewall (France), ca. 1800
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-57-a,b

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 5 images of this object.

Vertical rectangle printed on joined sheets of paper. Blue field with floral medallions in yellow, surrounded by foliate scrolls. At top and bottom, border with foliate scrolls enclosing blue floral clusters. Irise or rainbow paper.

Sidewall And Border (France), 1815–25
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-55

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

Vertical rectangle of joined sheets of paper. Large basket of flowers with dove flying out from its midst; another dove above, to right. Along each margin, slender shaft with occasional foliation, intercepted by small urn of flowers. Scrolls and swags of foliage and drapery, and crossed arrow and torch above large basket; diagonal yellow dotting on field.

Sidewall, Les Deux Pigeons, 1789
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-5

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

Repeating design of floral arabesques and scrolls, with pink and white roses, and fuchsias in a vase. Printed on a green ground. Vertical rectangle.

Sidewall (France), ca. 1790
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-41

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

Vertical rectangle. Green field, sewn with crossed lines of darker olive-green; brown border top and bottom, with dark green band of foliage sprinkled with pink flowers. Two figure motifs in center of paper, with third motif displaying a cat. Mounted on masonite panel.

Sidewall (France), 1805–10
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-37

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Kneeling female figure before a cage formed by trellis-work, in which a cupid is imprisoned. Pasted on a blue-colored support.

Ornament (France), ca. 1820
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-33

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Arabesque with two scenes: one of hunting party of three on horse, the other of landscape with architecture; surround of acanthus scrolls and floral swags. Printed on joined sheets of handmade paper.

Sidewall, La Chasse au Faucon (Falcon hunt), 1794–97
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-28

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Vertical rectangle. Field covered with diagonally-placed white dots, leaving space for two motifs at center; one of a child offering a rose to a woman seated in a chair beside a table; the other of a rabbit crouched on a log. Above, border of drapery and daisy baskets; above this, and across the bottom, border strip of simulated architectural molding, printed in brown and yellow.

Object ID #18319271
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-27

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

Horizontal rectangle, on two joined sheets of paper, printed in brilliant colors. Architectural background of plinths and lower portions of columns, against which a quartet plays music to which a woman, and three men in Oriental costume, listen.

Overdoor, The Grand Turk Giving A Concert to His Mistress, 1825–26
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-2

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

Printed with panoply of armor: shield, helmet, sword and axe; and crossed branches of laurel and oak. Printed in grisaille on deep blue ground. Horizontal rectangle, composed of four joined sheets of paper.

Overdoor - Panel (France), 1784–89
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-17

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

Square of paper printed with basketwork or basket weave pattern in grisaille. Vertical rods and the use of light and shadow create a strong sense of relief or trompe l'oeil.

Sidewall (France), ca. 1785
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-16

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Arabesque-style Chinoiserie. Alternating motifs in orange and dark green; pergola hung with bells played by man and boy in Chinese costume, surrounded by foliage and supporting floral and fruit festoons; an urn filled with flowers and scrolled acanthus. Printed on deep blue ground. Vertical rectangle of joined sheets of paper.

Object ID #18319219
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-13

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Vertical rectangle of joined sheets of paper. Large flowing design of foliage and flowers in the manner of Jean Pillement's Indian design. Printed in orange, blue, and greens.

Object ID #18319135
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-10

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Horizontal rectangle, on two joined sheets of paper, printed in brilliant colors. Esther, seated, being attended by serving woman, with Hagar standing by. Architectural background with drapery.

Overdoor, La Toilette d'Esther, 1825
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-1

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

Vertical rectangle. Drop-repeating design of rustic shelter, in style of Pillement's "Baraques Chinois" and two figures of Chinamen, with festoons and sprays of flowers and foliage.

Object ID #18316427
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1928-2-99

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Vertical rectangle composed of three joined sheets giving full width of original paper and all but three inches of drop-repeating design, which repeats twice in one width. A bowl of flowers is placed above a medallion enclosing a suckling sheep with lamb, surrounded by a wreath; and below a brule-parfum flanked by two birds taking strawberries from compotes. Above the latter motif is the fourth motif of the design, confronted putti dancing on a baldaquin from which hang two swags.

Sidewall (France), ca. 1791
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1928-2-97

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Colonnette in blue, with rosette banding and composite capital in yellow. Printed from woodblocks in blues and yellows, on field of neutral violet and pale blue. Vertical rectangle.

Ornament (France), 1810
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1928-2-94

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

Vertical rectangle composed of joined sheets of paper. Framework of tangent octagons outlined by foliate forms and squares, enclosing hexagons outlined by yellow-orange honeysuckle motif. Between top, bottom and sides of octagons, square panels with large rosettes formed of interlacing ogival forms.

Sidewall (France), ca. 1800
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1928-2-70

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Frieze with simulated festoon of drapery with embroidered border, above a simulated cyma reversa molding enriched with acanthus leaves and palmettes. Printed in blue, yellows, browns and orange. Horizontal rectangle.

Frieze (France), 1810–20
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1928-2-69

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Horizontal rectangle. Border paper, with alternating motifs of spray of roses and leaf with berries. Across top and bottom edges, blue band with white serpentine line. Printed in white, pink, blue, green and brown, on black field.

Border (France), 1795–1805
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1928-2-57

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

Horizontal rectangle. Border paper, with design of palmette and leaf scrolls alternately set between S-scrolls with wide shafts.

Border, 1795–1805
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1928-2-56

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

Horizontal rectangle. Border paper with repeating design of medallions, enclosed by simple leaf forms, containing floral spray, set against vertical stripes. Across upper edge, stripes of orange and white; across lower edge, white stripe.

Border (France), 1795–1805
block printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1928-2-55

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.