Colored block print of women attending a seated figure in a palace room with blue drapery, a golden statue, a brazier, and an arched garden window.

The Toilette of Esther, block-printed panel

A richly colored interior scene of women gathered around a seated figure in white, with a turbaned man standing among them beside a golden statue and tall blue drapery. A bearded attendant and a woman in orange kneel near a brazier, while an arched window opens onto a garden landscape.

Artist: Unknown
Date: 1825
Medium: Block printed on handmade paper
Source: Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum)
Size: 3000 × 3000 px

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Public domain · Smithsonian (Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1825).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Greek and Roman Myths 19th century 1820s 1825 block print neoclassical hand-coloured decorative panel wall covering palace interior blue drapery

The Toilette of Esther, block-printed panel

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