A fragment of silvered, painted leather sidewall wallcovering. Growing from just left of the bottom right corner is a long bright red scroll intertwined with white foliage and a thin dark green stem with five green leaves. In the upper portion is a cream and green section with fine red rings with a hole in the center exposing the background, possibly tree bark. The background is golden, stamped and diapered, decorated with a repeated geometric pattern, here rectangles.

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Object Timeline

1903	We acquired this object.
1991	We exhibited this object.
2016	We photographed this object.
2024	You found it!

Sidewall (Holland), ca. 1700

This is a sidewall. It is dated ca. 1700 and we acquired it in 1903. Its medium is leather, stamped, silvered, painted. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

This object was donated by Eleanor Garnier Hewitt. It is credited Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt.

Its dimensions are

H x W: 31 x 16 cm (12 3/16 x 6 5/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Sidewall (Holland), ca. 1700; leather, stamped, silvered, painted; H x W: 31 x 16 cm (12 3/16 x 6 5/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor Garnier Hewitt; 1903-12-5

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

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2AXjk/
Accession Number 1903-12-5
Object ID 18136387