Border Sample with Repeating Bamboo-Like Stripes, Block-Printed Paper

A rectangular sheet of paper shows a dense repeat of horizontal bands in blue, cream, and brown, with segmented, cane-like motifs arranged in regular rows. The block-printed pattern has crisp edges and slight irregularities typical of hand printing, and the sheet shows some worn margins and small losses at the edges.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1820

Medium

Block-printed on handmade paper

Source

Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)

Size

3000 × 2228 px

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