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Color perfect wallpaper: a distinctive portfolio of distinctive wallpapers, Sears, Roebuck and Co., Chicago, Ill., 1940

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Collection Type

  • Ephemera

Date

1940

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005

GUSN

GUSN-357084

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Description

The samples are divided into an economy group, budget group, and decorator group. Two samples are featured in the front of the item designed for Joan Bennett and Hedda Hopper.

Details

Descriptive Terms

advertising
business (commercial function)
wallpapers
oilcloth
interior decoration
houses
samples
portfolios (containers)
printed ephemera

Physical Description

1 portfolio : color samples

Collection Code

EP005

Collection Name

Richard Cheek architectural plan book collection

Date of Acquisition

2019

Reference Code

EP005.315

Credit Line

Gift of Richard Cheek, 2019.

Places

Chicago (Cook county, Illinois)

Record Details

Originator

Sears, Roebuck and Company (Publisher)

Material Type

portfolios (containers)
printed ephemera

Other People

Bennett, Joan, 1910-1990
Hopper, Hedda, 1885-1966

Other Organizations

Sears, Roebuck and Company

Subjects

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Wallpaper

Description Level

Item

Location Note

EP005, HGO-005

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