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Trade catalog or sample book titled "Plain Ground and Silk Wallpapers" by Katzenbach and Warren. Catalog is a small fandeck with dark green cardboard covers and is secured by a single metal brad. Catalog contains 7 samples of textured silk wallpaper (pattern # 685 XG) and 43 samples of plain ground wallpaper (pattern # 30 PG) in different colorways.
sample books
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
metal
Catalog, Trade
"Office Use / Only" (Handwritten on cover.)
Plain Ground and Silk / Wallpapers / Katzenbach and Warren" (Printed on front and back covers.)
"Plain ground and silk wallpapers. All of the papers in this boolet are stock items, ..." (Printed on first page of book. Paragraph provides general description of papers.)
"Blue Shade White Silk / 685 XG 507 / $4.50 per roll" (Printed on reverse of first sample. Each sample bears a similar inscription.)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)
New York, NY, United States
4 x 5 5/8 x 1/2 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.701
United States
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