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Object Timeline

1943

  • Work on this object began.

1953

  • Work on this object ended.

1991

  • We acquired this object.

2013

2024

  • You found it!

Sidewall (USA)

This is a sidewall. It was manufactured by United Wallpaper, Inc.. It is dated ca. 1948 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is machine-printed. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Gift of Suzanne Lipschutz.

Its dimensions are

130 x 49 cm (51 3/16 x 19 5/16 in. )

It is inscribed

Printed on selvage: "WASHABLE, FADE PROOF, JOIN HERE, RUN I M3, U.W.P.C. OF N.A. UNION MADE, MADE IN U.S.A."

Cite this object as

Sidewall (USA); Manufactured by United Wallpaper, Inc.; machine-printed; 130 x 49 cm (51 3/16 x 19 5/16 in. ); Gift of Suzanne Lipschutz; 1991-89-149

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