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Wallpaper Sample Folder

Collection Type

  • Wallpaper

Date

1950-1965

GUSN

GUSN-288763

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. Contains a letter (2014.2.2) and nine folded wallpaper samples.

Details

Descriptive Terms

wallpapers
folders (containers)
paper (fiber product)
screen printing
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 RI2-3740 / 2-3745" (Screen printed on front of folder.)

Additional Identification Number

916.1

Maker

Allen-Doane Company (Manufacturer)

Location of Origin

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Museum Accession

Accession Number

2014.2.1

Places

Boston (Suffolk county, Massachusetts)

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Title Reproduction Wallpaper Accession Number 2001.281.714.4

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