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Roller shade

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Collection Type

  • Household accessories

Date

1873-1950

GUSN

GUSN-20150

Description

Catalogued as a set of 24 roller shades (1998.3315-3338), wooden. Eight without shades, 16 w/ shades. Shaded rollers mostly white, beige, and pink.

Details

Descriptive Terms

roller shades
wood (plant material)
SHADE, SPRING-PULL

Inscription

Adhesive paper label: ""HARTSHORN'S/ IMPROVED ROLLER/ PATENTS, Oct. 11 '64: Sept. 3, '67: Jan. 3, '73: Re-issues, Aug. 27, '67: also, Sept. 2, '73""

Associated Building

Original to Castle Tucker (Wiscasset, Me.),

Maker

Hartshorn Shade Products (Maker)

Location of Origin

Cincinnati, OH, USA

Credit Line

Gift of Miss Jane S. Tucker

Accession Number

1998.3318

Places

Ohio (United States)

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