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Unused Wallpaper Sample

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1930-1950

GUSN

GUSN-103553

Description

Unused sample backed on a cardboard mat. Repeating pattern of a bird perched on a rock with a bamboo background. Printed in brown, and two greens on a beige ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
WALLPAPER

Inscription

Selvedge Right: "THRUSH" RUN 1 529KW475 TRIM / "THRUSH" RUN 1 529KW475 TRIM"
Selvedge Left: "[arrow left] TOP HALF DROP JOIN TRIM KATZENBACH AND WARREN [arrow left] TOP HALF DROP JOIN TRIM"
Reverse: "SLATER MEMORIAL MUSEUM / NORWICH, CONN. / 270.17" (Printed, stamp and written)

Pattern

Thrush

Additional Identification Number

3281

Maker

Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

New York, NY; Norwich, CT

Dimensions

32 1/4 in x 21 1/2 in (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Slater Memorial Museum

Accession Number

2008.6.75

Related Items

Title 200-.6.99 Accession Number 2008.6.1

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