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Trade catalog or sample book titled "Plain Ground Wallpapers" manufactured by Katzenbach and Warren. Catalog is a small fandeck with beige cardboard covers and is secured by a single metal brad. Catalog contains 72 samples of plain ground wallpaper (pattern # 30 PG) in different colorways and one sample of white stain resistant wallpaper (pattern # 35 PG).
sample books
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
metal
Catalog, Trade
"Office Copy / Arranged in / numerical order . . ." (Handwritten on front cover. Additional handwritten notation on cover that do not appear to be related to object ("Paper towels, thumb tacks").)
"Plain Ground / Wallpapers / Katzenbach and Warren / PG 6 / $1.50" (Printed on front and back covers.)
"Plain Ground Wallpapers / All plain papers in this booklet are stock items, ..." (Pritned on first page of book. Paragraph provides general description of papers)
"Net / 629 XG 468 / $3.90 per roll" (Printed on reverse of first sample. All samples bear a similar inscription.)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Katzenbach and Warren (Manufacturer)
New York, NY, United States
3 7/8 x 5 7/8 x 5/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.702
United States
Title Accession Number
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