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Sidewall, Offering to Cupid

This is a sidewall. It is dated ca. 1800 and we acquired it in 1998. Its medium is block-printed on joined sheets of handmade paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund.

Its dimensions are

a) 130.8 x 62.9 cm (51.5 x 24.75 in. )

Cite this object as

Sidewall, Offering to Cupid; France; block-printed on joined sheets of handmade paper; a) 130.8 x 62.9 cm (51.5 x 24.75 in. ); Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program Fund; 1998-28-1-a,b

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition Rooms with a View: Landscape & Wallpaper.

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