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Sidewall (USA)

This is a sidewall. It is dated ca. 1800 and we acquired it in 1999. Its medium is block printed on handmade paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Week series in a post titled Memorial to Washington.

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

H x W: 31 x 61 cm (12 3/16 x 24 in. )

Cite this object as

Sidewall (USA); block printed on handmade paper; H x W: 31 x 61 cm (12 3/16 x 24 in. ); Gift of The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology; 1998-75-144

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