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Sidewall (France)

This is a sidewall. It is dated ca. 1845 and we acquired it in 1999. Its medium is block-printed on paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled The Proper Sort of Wallpaper.

This object was donated by The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology. It is credited Gift of The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology.

Its dimensions are

107 x 50.5 cm (42 1/8 x 19 7/8 in. )

Cite this object as

Sidewall (France); block-printed on paper; 107 x 50.5 cm (42 1/8 x 19 7/8 in. ); Gift of The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology; 1998-75-93

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