Two horizontal strips of wallpaper border with a repeating brown and cream Greek key pattern on a pale background.

Border with Greek key pattern, block-printed paper

Two strips of wall border show a repeating Greek key, or meander, pattern in brown and cream on a pale ground. The lower strip is set offset beneath the upper one, and the motif is crisp and evenly spaced.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 1850–70
Medium: Block-printed and flocked paper
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 2999 × 851 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1870).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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