There is one other image of this object. This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions), and as such we offer a high-resolution image of it. See our image rights statement.

 

See more objects with the color bisque darkseagreen grey darkslategrey rosybrown or see all the colors for this object.

Object Timeline

-0001

1994

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2024

  • You found it!

Border (France)

This is a Border. It is dated ca. 1830 and we acquired it in 1994. Its medium is block-printed on joined sheets. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Museum purchase from the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, General Acquisitions Endowment, Eleanor G. Hewitt, and Pauline Cooper Noyes Funds.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 652.8 x 56.5 cm (21 ft. 5 in. x 22 1/4 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed on verso in blue ink, at small end of roll: 35.

Cite this object as

Border (France); block-printed on joined sheets; H x W: 652.8 x 56.5 cm (21 ft. 5 in. x 22 1/4 in.); Museum purchase from the Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program, General Acquisitions Endowment, Eleanor G. Hewitt, and Pauline Cooper Noyes Funds; 1994-101-4

This image is in the public domain (free of copyright restrictions). You can copy, modify, and distribute this work without contacting the Smithsonian. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18647265/ |title=Border (France) |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=25 April 2024 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>