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-0001	We photographed this object.
1915	Work on this object began.
1935	Work on this object ended.
1941	We acquired this object.
1991	We exhibited this object.
2016	We photographed this object. We photographed this object.
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Sidewall, Trellis

This is a sidewall. It was designed by William Morris and manufactured by Jeffrey & Company. It is dated ca. 1925 and we acquired it in 1941. Its medium is block-printed paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

Morris held a fondness for birds, to the dismay of his gardener. Attempts at growing strawberries and blackberries were hindered by Morris’s declaration that the birds must be protected over the fruit. This pattern depicts Morris’s own view of the garden at Red House, where he watched birds dart through the rose trellises. Philip Webb, Morris’s collaborator on the design for the garden at Red House, drew the birds in this piece.

This object was donated by Robert W. Friedel. It is credited Gift of Robert W. Friedel.

Sidewall, Das Wasser [Water]
machine-printed paper.
Gift of Frankl Galleries.
1930-11-1-i

Colored photo of a small construction site. A workman wearing rubber boots stands in shallow water, his back angled to the viewer. Worker holds an undetermined tool that touches an irregular white hexagonal tile.The tile is attached to a seawall composed of closely placed, cut rectangular stones in neutral colors. Bottom-most stones are heavily water-damaged.There are four tiles affixed to the wall in what might be called a four leaf clover pattern. The tiles are the same shape with cut-outs of different-sized piercings. At the center of each plaque, the holes are larger and fewer.Smaller and more plentiful holes are near the edge. Photo right shows the hands of another workman.

Eco-Engineered Hexagonal Seawall Tiles, 2017-ongoing
habitat tiles (4), projection mapping.
Courtesy of Alex Goad.
NATURE.059

Sidewall, Trellis Dot
handpainted gouache on paper.
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Abramson.
1980-37-1

Our curators have highlighted 6 objects that are related to this one. Here are three of them, selected at random:

A square cushion cover with embroidered design. Over a blue central medallion, five pale pink five-petal roses on a shared pink stem, with twining yellow-green leaves. The roses are surrounded by a wreath of pale green oak leaves outlined in pink on a green diamond-patterned background. The colors of the embroidery are repeated in the wavy fringe.

Cushion Cover, Rose Wreath
cotton, mercerized cotton.
Gift of Annie May Hegeman.
1944-71-6

Sidewall, Daisy
block-printed on paper.
Gift of Dr. Francis J. Geck.
1980-73-3

Sidewall - Sample, Iris
block-printed paper.
Museum purchase from Smithsonian Regents Collections Acquisition Fund.
1980-46-1-11

Its dimensions are

H x W x D (b): 67.5 × 57.3 cm (26 9/16 × 22 9/16 in.) Mat: 91.4 × 71.1 cm (36 × 28 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in selvedge: Morris & Co.

Cite this object as

Sidewall, Trellis; Designed by William Morris (British, 1834–1896); Manufactured by Jeffrey & Company (United Kingdom); England; block-printed paper; H x W x D (b): 67.5 × 57.3 cm (26 9/16 × 22 9/16 in.) Mat: 91.4 × 71.1 cm (36 × 28 in.); Gift of Robert W. Friedel; 1941-74-19-a,b

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibitions Botanical Expressions and The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2D9yT/
Accession Number 1941-74-19-a,b
Object ID 18564459