Object Timeline

1930

  • Work on this object began.

1940

  • Work on this object ended.

1960

  • We acquired this object.

2016

2025

  • You found it!

Sidewall, Walnut

This is a sidewall. It was manufactured by The Schmitz-Horning Co.. It is dated 1930–40 and we acquired it in 1960. Its medium is chromo-lithographed. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Gift of Wallpaper Council, Inc..

  • Model, Sarracenia Purpurea
  • wood, papier-mâché, cardboard, plaster, reed pith, metal, string, feathers,....
  • Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
  • 22.2018.9

Its dimensions are

208 x 50 cm (81 7/8 x 19 11/16 in.) Run #8

Cite this object as

Sidewall, Walnut; Manufactured by The Schmitz-Horning Co.; USA; chromo-lithographed; 208 x 50 cm (81 7/8 x 19 11/16 in.) Run #8; Gift of Wallpaper Council, Inc.; 1960-163-28

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