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Sidewall, Pilgrim's Progress
This is a Sidewall. It is dated 1870–80 and we acquired it in 1977. Its medium is intaglio printed on machine-made paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.
Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the earliest washable wallpapers and would have been considered appropriate for a children’s nursery. Manufacturers continued printing with the intaglio technique until about 1934 when the first scrubbable papers as we know them today were developed. Based on the seventeenth century story by John Bunyan, Pilgrim’s Progress is a religious allegory illustrating the journey of Christian as he travels from this world to the next.
This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Pilgrim's Progress, the wallpaper.
This object was
donated by
Dr. James P. Johnson.
It is credited Gift of Dr. James P. Johnson.
![Sidewall, Celui qui aime ecrit sur les murs [One who loves writes on the walls]](https://images.collection.cooperhewitt.org/63224_119b052bc010c6ab_n.jpg "Sidewall, Celui qui aime ecrit sur les murs [One who loves writes on the walls]")
- Sidewall, Celui qui aime ecrit sur les murs [One who loves writes on the walls]
- block printed on paper.
- Gift of Mrs. Cornelius Sullivan.
- 1930-21-1-e
Its dimensions are
H x W x D (a): 234 x 56 cm (7 ft. 8 1/8 in. x 22 1/16 in.) Repeat H: 45.1 x 53 cm (17 3/4 x 20 7/8 in.) H x W x D (b): 87.3 x 56 cm (34 3/8 x 22 1/16 in.)
Cite this object as
Sidewall, Pilgrim's Progress; England; intaglio printed on machine-made paper; H x W x D (a): 234 x 56 cm (7 ft. 8 1/8 in. x 22 1/16 in.) Repeat H: 45.1 x 53 cm (17 3/4 x 20 7/8 in.) H x W x D (b): 87.3 x 56 cm (34 3/8 x 22 1/16 in.); Gift of Dr. James P. Johnson; 1977-42-1-a,b
This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Wall Stories: Children's Wallpapers and Books.
