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Wallpaper trade catalog or sample book titled "Alfred Peats Prize Wallpaper - New York - Boston - Chicago -- Book 4." Catalog is bound with front and back covers of heavy dark brown paper embossed with rococo scrolls framing a gold quatrefoil shape containing the title. Catalog contains samples of coordinated groupings of ceiling, border, and sidewall wallpapers. Approximately forty groupings are present. Papers include embossed and gilded papers as well as scenic designs.
sample books
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
embossed wall coverings
gilding
Catalog, Trade
"Alfred Peats / Prize / Wallpaper / New York Boston Chicago" (Embossed on front cover.)
"Book 4 / Alfred Peats Co. / New York Chicago & Boston" (Printed on first page of book.)
"Sidewall No. 3318 / Exarch 9664 / Moulding to Match. No. 176 6 cts per foot" (Printed on reverse of first sidewall paper. All sidewall papers bear a similar inscription.)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Alfred Peats Company (Manufacturer)
New York, NY, United States
18 1/4 x 15 1/4 x 1 1/8 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.712
United States
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