Sidewall, Block printed on handmade paper, Vertical rectangle composed of three joined sheets giving full width of original paper and all but three inches of drop-repeating design, which repeats twice in one width. A bowl of flowers is placed above a medallion enclosing a suckling sheep with lamb, surrounded by a wreath; and below a brule-parfum flanked by two birds taking strawberries from compotes. Above the latter motif is the fourth motif of the design, confronted putti dancing on a baldaquin from which hang two swags., Paris, France, ca. 1791, Wallcoverings, Sidewall


Size: 2295px × 4200px
Location:
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 1791, baldaquin, birds, block, bowl, brule-parfum, ca, composed, compotes, confronted, dancing, design, drop-repeating, enclosing, flanked, flowers, fourth, france, full, giving, handmade, hang, inches, joined, lamb, medallion, motif, original, paper, paris, printed, putti, rectangle, repeats, sheep, sheets, sidewall, strawberries, suckling, surrounded, swags, vertical, wallcoverings, width, wreath