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Object Timeline

1922

  • Work on this object began.

1932

  • Work on this object ended.

1997

  • We acquired this object.

2012

2025

  • You found it!

Sidewall, Stylized Flowers in Diagonal Pattern

This is a sidewall. It was manufactured by M.H. Birge & Sons Co.. It is dated ca. 1927 and we acquired it in 1997. Its medium is machine-printed paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Gift of Harriet and Mortimer Spiller.

Its dimensions are

87.5 x 56 cm (34 7/16 x 22 1/16 in. )

It is inscribed

Printed in left selvedge: Birge Made in U.S.A.; printed in right selvedge: Designed by Burchfield.

Cite this object as

Sidewall, Stylized Flowers in Diagonal Pattern; Manufactured by M.H. Birge & Sons Co. (United States); USA; machine-printed paper; 87.5 x 56 cm (34 7/16 x 22 1/16 in. ); Gift of Harriet and Mortimer Spiller; 1997-129-3

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