Wallpaper sample book, titled "Book No. 4 / Season 1912 / Lappin's Latest Leaders / Grass Cloths / Independent Ceilings/ Jaspes. Burlaps / Varnish Tile Papers / 30 Inch Ingrains / Imported Oat Meals / Crepes & Silk Fibres / I. Lappin Wall Paper Co / 114-116-118 Staniford Street Boston, Mass." Book is bound with heavy ribbed dark brown paper with a beige printed label affixed to the front and a brown fabric tape binding. A thin beige string is threaded through the spine and tied for hanging the book. Back cover is torn with appriximately two-thirds of it missing. Book contains eighty sidewall and ceiling paper samples including varnished and oatmeal varities.
wallpapers
sample books
paper (fiber product)
string (fiber product)
ceiling papers
textile materials
Catalog, Trade
"Book No. 4 / Season 1912 / Lappin's Latest Leaders / Grass Cloths / Independent Ceilings/ Jaspes. Burlaps / Varnish Tile Papers / 30 Inch Ingrains / Imported Oat Meals / Crepes & Silk Fibres / I. Lappin Wall Paper Co / 114-116-118 Staniford Street Boston, Mass." (Printed on label affixed to front cover.)
I. Lappin Co.
9 1/4 x 9 7/8 x 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
1979.1
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