On a vivid, orange background, a highly stylized pattern of leafless blue trees with flowers rendered in a minimalistic style as off-white spirals. The trees are represented as trunks with long, flowing, curved, whip-like branches. Because of the presence of flowers and absence of leaves these trees remind of cherries, or other trees that flower before producing leaves.

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Object Timeline

1915	Work on this object began.
1925	Work on this object ended.
1945	We acquired this object.
1991	We exhibited this object.
2006	We photographed this object.
2014	We photographed this object. We photographed this object.
2016	We photographed this object.
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Sidewall, Wallpaper with Stylized Trees

This is a sidewall. It is dated ca. 1920 and we acquired it in 1945. Its medium is block printed on paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

Strong graphic pattern of trees with foliage or flowers rendered in a minimal style. The use of blue trees printed on the orange ground creates a strong energy which is softened somewhat by the white swirls. A coordinating pattern containing only the swirl motifs was designed to be used along with this pattern.

This object was donated by Nancy McClelland. It is credited Gift of Nancy McClelland.

Sidewall (possibly France)
machine-printed on paper.
Gift of Charles Grimmer & Son.
1930-14-1-e

Tall, slightly flared footless vase of clear glass with ten paneled sides. On two opposite sides are five handles. The handles are spiral-shaped and remind of the tendrils of climbing plants or of young, rolled up, fiddlehead fern leaves, that seem to arise from the base of the vase. They are arranged in a graduated series of declining size, with the largest one at the top of the vase. They are stacked, touching each other. While the body of the vase is clear, the handles appear frosted with a satin finish, and oblique grooving on their underside. The vase appears made of molded and cut glass.

Beauvais Vase
press-molded glass.
Gift of Jacques Jugeat.
1969-126-6

Sidewall, Amazone
machine printed paper.
Gift of Teresa Kilham.
1958-80-5

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A drawing illustrating the luxuriously decorated alcove of a grand salon, with a patterned carpet, royal blue walls, velvet curtains, a gilded ceiling and various paintings lining the walls. The alcove is separated from the rest of the room by a golden arch with four columns and a decorated frieze. Inside the alcove is a desk with a chair, a pale blue armchair and a window which floods the room with light. Outside a large crystal chandelier hangs from a royal blue rope and two exotic plants stand next to a gilded dresser and a table. We are given a glimpse into the next room by an open wooden paneled door, which is surrounded by royal blue velvet curtains and a painted frieze with a carved golden frame which extends down the sides of the door to the floor.

Drawing, Alcove in the Salon of the Grand Duchess Anna of Mecklenburg-Schwerin
brush and watercolor, gouache, gold paint on white wove paper.
Thaw Collection.
2007-27-68

Its dimensions are

H x W x D: 71 × 50.2 cm (27 15/16 × 19 3/4 in.)

Cite this object as

Sidewall, Wallpaper with Stylized Trees; France; block printed on paper; H x W x D: 71 × 50.2 cm (27 15/16 × 19 3/4 in.); Gift of Nancy McClelland; 1945-3-6

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions The Jazz Age: American Style in the 1920s and The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2DcEB/
Accession Number 1945-3-6
Object ID 18574883