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Dado
Joseph Dufour et Cie. (French, 1752–1827)
ca. 1810
- Medium
- Block-printed on handmade paper
- Classification
- Wall coverings
- Dimensions
- W x D: 57 x 216.3 cm (22 7/16 in. x 7 ft. 1 3/16 in.)
- Culture
- France
- Museum
- Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Credit line
- Gift of John Judkyn in memory of his mother, Florence Judkins
- Rights
- CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its museum says too little about what it shows to place it for younger viewers. How works are placed
View at the Smithsonian Institution
About this work
A vase filled with fruit at center towards which two kneeling, confronted maidens reach. They are dressed in flowing classical robes. A stylized Ionic column marks the horizontal repeat. A fabric is draped from the volutes between the two columns. The fabric, trimmed with a Greek key motif with anthemia in the corner, is printed in grisaille with light olive green highlights. A floral garland runs along the top edge while a cable twist runs along the bottom. Printed in grisaille with yellow and ocher.
