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Wallpaper trade catalog or sample book from Kraus and Lederer Wallpaper. Catalog is bound and has front and back covers of heavy dark brown paper embossed with an imitation leather pattern. Catalog contains approximately 39 groups of coordinated ceiling, border and sidewall wallpapers.
sample books
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
ceiling papers
borders (ornament areas)
Catalog, Trade
"Kraus and Lederer / Wallpaper / 148 and 150 W. 23rd St. / New York / Chicago New York Pittsburgh" (Printed on cover.)
"Kraus & Lederer 1438 & 150 W. 23rd St. New York, N.Y. / Sidewall No. 148 13 cts. per single roll / Border No. 243 3 cts. per single roll / Ceiling No. 343 13 cts. per single roll / Grade 38 . . . "
(Printed on reverse of first ceiling paper. All ceiling papers bear a similar inscription.)
Waterhouse, Dorothy S.
Kraus and Lederer Wallpaper (Manufacturer)
New York, NY, United States
18 1/2 x 14 3/4 x 3/4 (HxWxD) (inches)
Gift of Bernard Scott
2001.281.713
New York City (New York state)
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