Harlem Toile de Jouy

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

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.

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