# Dado

- By: Joseph Dufour et Cie. (French, 1752–1827)
- Date: 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
- Credit line: Gift of John Judkyn in memory of his mother, Florence Judkins
- Museum: [Smithsonian Institution](https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/view/objects/asitem/id/108930)
- Rights: [CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/web/38877a34bdc9b706fd47bccf1f27c840.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

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.