Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Our curators have highlighted 5 objects that are related to Sidewall, Acanthus.

In center, horizontal rectangular medallion with two figures in grisaille; to right and left, semicircular radiating fluting. To right and left of these, circular pink medallions, each with a figure in grisaille. At either end, a termination in acanthus arabesques. Horizontal rectangle.

Dado (France), 1780–85
block-printed on handmade paper.
Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
1931-45-58

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

In early 18th century style, modern bevelled clouded glass in two parts; the upper part shaped to conform to the narrow inner molding which runs within the entire frame. Lower corners bear leaf carvings terminating in volutes and scrolls. Similar elements are reversed at upper corner and are contiued into the cresting by smaller voluted leaf carvings. The gadrooned and leaf carved cavetto-molded cresting is interrupted at its center by a foliated cartouche bearing in relief on its circular cabachon the cipher "10" repeated and reversed.

Mirror (England), late 19th–early 20th century
gessoed, gilt and carved wood, mirroed plate glass.
Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
1950-112-1

This object is part of the Product Design and Decorative Arts collection.

Drawing, Textile Design: Diomedes

Drawing, Textile Design: Diomedes
brush and gouache on paper.
1988-62-618

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Design features a crisscross in brown, with two brown leaves on the right, on orange ground. Though the forms on the far right and left sides are cropped, the repetition of the design beyond the borders of the composition is implied.

Drawing, Textile Design: Diomedes, 1919
brush and black, orange gouache on paper.
Museum purchase from Smithsonian Collections Acquisition and Decorative Arts....
1988-62-619

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 3 images of this object.

Art Nouveau design with large-scale tulips and acanthus leaves. Printed in shades of green and yellow against a deep blue background on ungrounded paper.

Sidewall, Tulip, 1893–1895
block-printed paper.
Gift of Dr. Francis J. Geck.
1980-73-32

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.