Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Our curators have highlighted 8 objects that are related to Sidewall (possibly France), 1920–30.

Vertical rows of orange stitching applied to a mottled orange ground. The spacing between stiched rows varies across the width.

Sidewall, Stitched Vertical, 2008
hand-stitched and dyed paper.
Gift of Maya Romanoff.
2008-26-2

This object was made by Maya Romanoff.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

A highly stylized leafless tree design in continuous pattern with off-white scrolls or spirals for flowers. Printed in blue and off-white on orange field. Printed for Nancy McClelland of New York City.

Sidewall, Wallpaper with Stylized Trees, ca. 1920
block printed on paper.
Gift of Nancy McClelland.
1945-3-6

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

Appearance of fields of small-scale flowers, in red, orange, green and yellow flock, on a marbled silver metallic ground.

Sidewall (USA), 1969
screen printed and flocked on mylar.
1969-84-3

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.

Taking the format of an antique wallpaper, contemporary images from magazines and newspapers are cut-and-pasted into the repeating landscape vignettes. The images include soldiers at Kosovo Liberation Army checkpoint, a member of the Swedish Explosive Ordinance Disposal platoon engaged in mine sweeping while a farmer plows, and British troops clearing the fields after Protestants had set camp after being blocked from marching through a Catholic neighborhood. Printed in shades of blue.

Sidewall, Clearing Fields, 2001
digitally printed.
Gift of Francesco Simeti.
2002-24-1

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

Landscape design; repeating clusters of brown semi-leafless trees growing from grassy mounds in foreground, against line of green trees and gold sky. Earth graduates from deep red to pink.

Frieze (USA), ca. 1908
machine-printed paper.
Gift of Paul F. Franco.
1938-50-16

This object was made by Hobbs, Benton & Heath.
This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.
There are 4 images of this object.

Printed textile with a view of forest, with leafy canopy meeting at the top, trunks receding into distance in middle, and flowers in the foreground. In black, tan and white.

Textile, Forest, 1977
dacron polyester.
Gift of Henry C. and Eleanor Kluck.
1985-84-23

This object is part of the Textiles collection.

On orange background, a swirling leaf pattern in white outlined in black.

Drawing, Textile Design: Leaf Pattern, 1950–70
brush and gouache, graphite on paper, lined.
Gift of Donald Cameron.
1992-51-15

This object is part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design collection.
There are 2 images of this object.

On burnt-orange ground, large scale branching leafy stems in flat red with bright-pale lavender/pink blossoms.

Sidewall (England), 1968
screen printed.
Gift of Arthur Sanderson & Sons, Ltd..
1970-1-7

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