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Unused Wallpaper Samples

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Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1940-1950

GUSN

GUSN-103552

Description

Three unused samples backed on cardboard mats. Repeating lace pattern of scalloped edged lozenges with a ring of bellflowers in center of each. Printed in white on a blue background.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
WALLPAPER

Inscription

Selvedge: "[arrow up] TRIM [arrow up] JOIN KATZENBACH and WARREN "SCALLOPED LACE""
Reverse: "SLATER MEMORIAL MUSEUM / NORWICH, CONN. / 270.9" (Printed, stamp and written)

Pattern

Scalloped Lace

Additional Identification Number

3280

Maker

Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

New York, NY; Norwich, CT

Dimensions

29 in (A); 17 in (B); 28 1/4 in (C) x 26 1/2 in (A); 22 in (B); 27 3/4 in (C) (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Slater Memorial Museum

Accession Number

2008.6.74A-C

Reference Notes

This pattern is illustrated in Katzenbach, Lois and William. "The Practical Book of American Wallpaper," p. 89.

Related Items

Title 200-.6.99 Accession Number 2008.6.1

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