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Unused Wallpaper Sample

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1940-1950

GUSN

GUSN-103554

Description

Unused sample backed on a cardboard mat. Outline of a duck among a background of stylized grasses. Printed in two greens, tan and white on a dark brown ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
Wallpaper

Inscription

"SLATER MEMORIAL MUSEUM / NORWICH, CONN. / 270.18" (Stamp and written)

Pattern

Ducks and Grasses

Additional Identification Number

3282

Maker

Karasz, Ilonka (Designer)
Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

New York, NY; Norwich, CT

Dimensions

31 1/2 x 27 3/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Slater Memorial Museum

Accession Number

2008.6.76

Reference Notes

This pattern is illustrated in Katzenbach, Lois and William. "The Practical Book of American Wallpaper," p. 38.

Related Items

Title 200-.6.99 Accession Number 2008.6.1

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