Horizontal rectangle for overdoor or fireboard. Still-life with rooster, vase of roses, loaf of bread, cheese, salt, wine bottle and bunch of turnips. Printed in colors on a blue ground.

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1931	We acquired this object.
2015	This was an Object of the Day.
2016	We photographed this object.
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Overdoor (France), ca. 1825

This is a Overdoor. It is dated ca. 1825 and we acquired it in 1931. 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 A Feast for your Walls.

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

Cubist or dada image containing a central view of vase with flowers, fan, bowl with lemons, pitcher and a book with initials AJD on back cover. Printed in blue and gray on pink ground. Part of a Wallpaper Scrapbook containing an assortment of papers, some of which were made at the "Wiener Werkstatte".

Sidewall (possibly Austria), 1925–1930
block-printed paper.
Gift of Frankl Galleries.
1930-11-1-m

One-piece form consisting of flat, broad blade curved at tip and with a flat, ridged, rectangular handle.

Cheese Knife, ca. 1935
chromium-plated brass.
Gift of George R. Kravis II.
2015-5-10

Its dimensions are

H x W: 71 x 79.5 cm (27 15/16 x 31 5/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Overdoor (France), ca. 1825; block printed on handmade paper; H x W: 71 x 79.5 cm (27 15/16 x 31 5/16 in.); Gift of Eleanor and Sarah Hewitt; 1931-45-82

Short URL http://cprhw.tt/o/2BTJ8/
Accession Number 1931-45-82
Object ID 18319423