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Wallpaper Panel

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The rectangular image depicts a grayscale wallpaper panel. The panel displays a repeating pattern of various Asian-style buildings, trees, and birds. The buildings have tiled roofs and appear to be pagodas or temples. The trees have bare branches. The buildings and trees are scattered across the panel. The panel has a distressed appearance with chipped and frayed edges. The background behind the panel is white. The image has a thin gray border around the panel.

Artwork Details

Date
1700–1730
Medium
Paper, painted by hand and mounted on linen
Dimensions
599 × 489 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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