Conventionalized design

Smith & Page Becker • 1900

Conventionalized design, 1900

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Conventionalized design. A trefoil effect of three flowers in brown and red growing on straight, upright stems, enclosed in a four-sided, diamond shaped or diaper framework of foliage. Portions of background consist of short, irregular, broken lines in black giving the effect of a woven fabric showing the woof [sic] threads running horizontally. On selvedge is printed: "Becker, Smith & Page, Inc. Phila. - 0388". Machine-printed