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  • Harlem Toile de Jouy

    Designed by
    Bridges, Sheila, American, born 1964
    Date
    2005
    Medium
    ink on paper (fiber product)
    Dimensions
    L x W: 360 × 30 1/2 in. (914.4 × 77.5 cm)
    Description
    A sidewall designed by Sheila Bridges. The wallpaper is bright yellow with repeating black and white vignettes in the French toile style. The vignettes feature pastoral scenes of people engaged in a variety of leisure activities, all wearing 18th century clothing. The scenes include young men playing basketball, ladies at their toilette, a couple dancing to a boombox, a picnic scene with fried chicken and watermelon, a woman running with horses, and girls playing double dutch.
    Cultural Place
    Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
    Type
    wallpapers
    Topic
    Amusements
    Design
    Interior design
    Recreation
    Stereotypes
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sheila Bridges
    Object number
    2018.72.1
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Sheila Bridges
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd57e35e1d6-df44-4111-92e4-4cc55db51100
  • Hudson Valley Toile

    Designed by
    Bridges, Sheila, American, born 1964
    Date
    2014
    Medium
    ink on paper (fiber product)
    Dimensions
    L x W: 180 × 30 1/8 in. (457.2 × 76.5 cm)
    Description
    A sidewall designed by Sheila Bridges. The wallpaper has a design of pink gingham with scattered and repeating black and white vignettes in the French toile style. The vignettes feature comical illustrations of people engaged in a variety of typical Hudson Valley scenes. Included is a scene of two men posed as farmers in the style of American Gothic; a painter on the banks of the Hudson River, with a Victorian mansion in the background; Rip Van Winkle sitting in bridge traffic; a hunter being chased by a deer; a mountain scene with a sledding bear amidst the skiers; and a scene of a woman in sunglasses asking, "Do you know if they sell Hudson Valley fois gras?" as she stands next to her car (license plate reads [COUGAR]) outside a store.
    Place depicted
    Hudson Valley, New York, United States, North and Central America
    Classification
    Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
    Type
    wallpapers
    Topic
    Amusements
    Design
    Domestic life
    Interior design
    Recreation
    Credit Line
    Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Sheila Bridges
    Object number
    2018.72.2
    Restrictions & Rights
    © Sheila Bridges
    Usage
    Usage conditions apply
    GUID
    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd5dc8cb915-9bff-4d03-9ed9-58f1c93e4ac5
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