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Wallpaper

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1940-1950

GUSN

GUSN-103558

Description

Two unused samples stapled to cardboard mats. Alternating squares of a quatrefoil design and a round snowflake design imitating a stencil technique. Printed in blue and white on a red ground.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
WALLPAPER

Inscription

[same on both pieces] "SLATER MEMORIAL MUSEUM / NORWICH, CONN. / 270.23" (Stamp and written)

Pattern

Stencil Square

Additional Identification Number

3286

People and Organizations

Colonial Williamsburg

Maker

Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

New York, NY (origin); Norwich, CT (use)

Dimensions

22 in (A); 30 1/8 in (B) x 18 1/2 in (A); 20 1/8 in (B) (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of the Slater Memorial Museum

Accession Number

2008.6.80AB

Reference Notes

Illustrated in various colors in Katzenbach and Warren's sample book "Williamsburg Wallpapers with Related Schumacher Williamsburg Fabrics" vol. 44 pp. 69-44."

Related Items

Title 200-.6.99 Accession Number 2008.6.1

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