Keywords: Shells in the Archway - Google Art Project.jpg 6938587 Unknown /collection/cooper-hewitt-national-design-museum/artwork/shells-in-the-archway-unknown/6854163/ 224897 author /collection/cooper-hewitt-national-design-museum/ Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum 3644669 http //www cooperhewitt org/ 3/12/2012 5 35 35 PM /collection/cooper-hewitt-national-design-museum/artwork/shells-in-the-archway-unknown/6854163/ 1796 1796 “1810 Block-printed on handmade paper From the General Henry Knox Mansion in Thomaston Maine General Knox served under George Washington as first Secretary of War and in 1796 built his home in Thomaston planning the rooms around a large square hall Further changes were made only a few years ago and the plaster was removed from this niche and the shell paper was discovered beneath the plaster It had evidently hung there plastered over for at least 100 years 6854163 False 1810 3/25/2012 2 25 40 PM 1998-75-163-a/r http //collection cooperhewitt org/view/objects/asitem/id/224897 Gift of The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology Sidewall 1790 1820 1796 “1810 False 0 755859375 Object shells-in-the-archway-unknown Shells in the Archway s a Overall 74 5 x 56 5 cm 29 5/16 x 22 1/4 in Block-printed on handmade paper From the General Henry Knox Mansion in Thomaston Maine General Knox served under George Washington as first Secretary of War and in 1796 built his home in Thomaston planning the rooms around a large square hall Further changes were made only a few years ago and the plaster was removed from this niche and the shell paper was discovered beneath the plaster It had evidently hung there plastered over for at least 100 years special url_id -gGPP7ocXSHnqA PD-old-100 Google Art Project works by unknown artist Printed wallpapers Block printing Wallpaper Animal shells in art Grapes in art Prints in the Cooper “Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum Google Art Project works in Cooper-Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum |