leather, embossed, painted, gilded | Media | Collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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An embossed, painted and gilded leather side wall wall covering. Three large golden sunflowers dominate the scene; one open turning towards the left, one with its petals closed as if in bud just ready to burst open, and the other wilting its petals drooping towards the right. Beneath the third sunflower is a golden rose encircled in a thin branch with curling leaves. In the lower left corner a golden bunch of grapes grows from a thin branch with small blossom-like flowers.

Sidewall, ca. 1700
leather, embossed, painted, gilded.
Gift of George Arnold Hearn.
1903-9-10

This object is part of the Wallcoverings collection.