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Sidewall And Border (USA)
This is a Sidewall and border. It was manufactured by M.H. Birge & Sons Co.. It is dated 1904–1905 and we acquired it in 1971. Its medium is machine-printed paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.
Wainscot and Windmills
This is another odd little wallpaper that intrigued me for a long time. It is just a small fragment showing a wood molding and inset panel with gilt bronze mounts. My first thought is that it was a dado panel and would run horizontally along the bottom of the wall, between the chair rail and baseboard moldings. This made sense given the trend for Mission and Colonial Revival interiors popular at the time. So I was pleasantly surprised when I came across the following illustration in “Wallpaper and Wallcoverings” by A.S. Jennings, 1903, showing this wallpaper in situ. The paper forms part of a wide wainscot with a separate Dutch-inspired wallpaper installed above. This type of wall treatment, with its very masculine nature, would be appropriate for an entry, hallway or library, though it would also work in a dining room.
Three different wallpapers were used to create this wall treatment: the small inset panel being featured was used along with a similar printed wood grain with architectural moldings along either edge to form the wainscot, with an unrelated wallpaper above. The partial molding on the featured paper would serve as the top and bottom molding on the lower inset panel, while the side moldings on the lower panel could be cut out and serve as the moldings framing the Dutch scenes. The benefit of printing the second wood grain paper with parallel moldings, rather than completed inset panels, is that it provides some installation flexibility, allowing the homeowner to adjust the height of the wainscoting for best effect.
The Birge wallpaper company was one of the older and larger wallpaper companies in the United States, operating from the 1830s into the 1950s. Their variety of products covered the market, from hand-glazed imitation leather wallpapers to the more mainstream repeating patterns.
This object was
donated by
Philadelphia Museum of Art.
It is credited Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art.
- Mirror With Candle Brackets (England)
- walnut veneer on deal, carved gessoed,and cast brass, mirrored plate glass.
- Gift of Irwin Untermyer.
- 1950-112-2-a/c
Its dimensions are
64.5 x 57 cm (25 3/8 x 22 7/16 in.)
Cite this object as
Sidewall And Border (USA); Manufactured by M.H. Birge & Sons Co. (United States); machine-printed paper; 64.5 x 57 cm (25 3/8 x 22 7/16 in.); Gift of Philadelphia Museum of Art; 1971-58-2-a/c
