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Wallpaper Sample Folder

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1950-1965

GUSN

GUSN-288590

Description

Paper folder holding unbound "Liberty" wallpaper samples, similiar to a wallpaper sample book. Produced by Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. Gray paper with crimson printing.

Details

Descriptive Terms

folders (containers)
wallpapers
paper (fiber product)
Catalog, Trade

Inscription

"Allen-Doane & Company, Inc. / Established 1904 / Presents / Liberty / Trade MArk / Hand screened documentary wallpapers / Custom Screening a Specialty / 40 Sudbury Street / Boston Mass. / Phone R! 2-3740 / 2-3745" (Printed on front of folder)

Associated Person

Waterhouse, Dorothy S.

Maker

Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Dimensions

14 1/4 x 9 1/4 (HxW) (inches)

Credit Line

Gift of Bernard Scott

Accession Number

2001.281.714.1

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

Related Items

Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.714.2
Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.714.3

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