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Object Timeline

1949

  • Work on this object began.

1958

  • Work on this object ended.

1991

  • We acquired this object.

1993

2012

2025

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Sidewall (USA)

This is a sidewall. It was manufactured by United Wallpaper, Inc.. It is dated 1949–58 and we acquired it in 1991. Its medium is machine-printed paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Gift of Suzanne Lipschutz.

Its dimensions are

221 x 56 cm (87 x 22 1/16 in. )

It is inscribed

Printed on selvage: "WASHABLE, JOIN HERE, FADE PROOF, RUN I G 22, U.W.P.C. OF N.A. UNION MADE, MADE IN U.S.A."

Cite this object as

Sidewall (USA); Manufactured by United Wallpaper, Inc.; machine-printed paper; 221 x 56 cm (87 x 22 1/16 in. ); Gift of Suzanne Lipschutz; 1991-89-263

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