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Object Timeline

1906

  • Work on this object ended.

1995

  • We acquired this object.

1996

2013

2017

  • You found it!

Floor Paper (USA), 1875–1906

This is a Floor paper. It is dated 1875–1906 and we acquired it in 1995. Its medium is machine-printed on paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

This object was featured in our Object of the Day series in a post titled Wallpapering your Floor.

This object was agent: Mr. Laurence McGilvery. It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds.

Our curators have highlighted 1 object that are related to this one.

  • Zig-Zag Chair, ca. 1934
  • joined and painted elm.
  • Museum purchase from Decorative Arts Association Acquisition Fund.
  • 1994-60-1

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Floor Paper (USA), 1875–1906; machine-printed on paper; Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds; 1995-165-18

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<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18650669/ |title=Floor Paper (USA), 1875–1906 |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=26 June 2017 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>

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