Tall narrow vertical wallpaper panel with neoclassical motifs including an urn, floral bouquet, oval rosette and foliage in muted colors.

Intermediate Panel, ca. 1790, Block-Printed Wallpaper

A tall, narrow vertical panel with a decorative border framing neoclassical motifs in muted colors: a small oval medallion at top, a ribbon-tied floral urn, a central red and cream oval rosette, and stylized foliage. The repeating ornament suggests an architectural wall-covering fill.

Artist: Unknown
Date: ca. 1790
Medium: Block-printed on handmade paper
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 527 × 3997 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1795).
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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