Object Timeline

1950

  • Work on this object began.

1960

  • Work on this object ended.

1997

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2024

  • You found it!

Sidewall (USA)

This is a sidewall. It is dated 1950–60 and we acquired it in 1997. Its medium is machine-printed paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

This object was donated by Wendy Weeks. It is credited Gift of Wendy Weeks.

  • Overdoor (France)
  • block-printed on handmade paper.
  • Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt.
  • 1931-45-81

Its dimensions are

84 x 46 cm (33 1/16 x 18 1/8 in. )

Cite this object as

Sidewall (USA); machine-printed paper; 84 x 46 cm (33 1/16 x 18 1/8 in. ); Gift of Wendy Weeks; 1997-152-1

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