See more objects with the color bisque or see all the colors for this object.

Object Timeline

1915

  • Work on this object began.

1925

  • Work on this object ended.

1945

  • We acquired this object.

2015

2025

  • You found it!

Sidewall, Old Salem

This is a sidewall. It was manufactured by M.H. Birge & Sons Co.. It is dated ca. 1920 and we acquired it in 1945. Its medium is machine-printed paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Gift of the Birge Company, Inc..

Its dimensions are

69.5 x 54.5 cm (27 3/8 x 21 7/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in left selvedge: Birge, waterfast, Glaze-tek, Old Salem, sidewall 2910B.

Cite this object as

Sidewall, Old Salem; Manufactured by M.H. Birge & Sons Co. (United States); USA; machine-printed paper; 69.5 x 54.5 cm (27 3/8 x 21 7/16 in.); Gift of the Birge Company, Inc.; 1945-12-13

There are restrictions for re-using this image. For more information, visit the Smithsonian’s Terms of Use page.

For higher resolution or commercial use contact ArtResource.

If you would like to cite this object in a Wikipedia article please use the following template:

<ref name=CH>{{cite web |url=https://www-4.collection.cooperhewitt.org/objects/18572569/ |title=Sidewall, Old Salem |author=Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum |accessdate=21 February 2025 |publisher=Smithsonian Institution}}</ref>