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  • Sample Book, Wallpaper by Denst and Soderlund, 1952–53

    Includes, with color alternates, the following wallpapers: Trees, Twine, Broken Ladder, Checks, Round, The River, Deep Water, Lakatoi, Dandelion, Chameleon, Intracte, Singora Sail, Talisman. The book is setup to show…

  • Sample Book, Sculptured Wallcovering, 1951

    Samples of wallpaper imitating brick walls, straw matting, stone walls, wood grain, etc., in three-dimensional plastic.

  • Sample Book (Japan), 1927

    Paper-bound book with tipped-in color plates with textile designs, textile samples and painting. Some text in Japanese. Translation of main heading: “Two Great current in Vogue, and Standardizing Colors for…

  • Sample Book (France), 1935–38

    43 examples of wallpaper, some of which have color alternates. 8 have border and chair rail schemes attached. Included are designs in the style of the late 18th century and…

  • Fragment (Peru), 1450–1535

    Band of very fine brown wool tapestry with broad band below of weft-surfaced rectangles in red, brown, yellow, with overlaying diamond framework (stylized snakes) in these colors on contrasting fields.…

  • Textile (Peru), before 600 AD

    Part of mile-long piece (end not reached) brought back by Columbia University espedition; found in Cahuachi hacienda, about 15 miles from town of Nazca which is about 80 miles from…

  • Sample Book, Marburg Tapetan, 1954

    Contains 37 samples of wallpaper with color alternatives. Includes embossed and varnished papers. Besides the Neue Wohnung collection of the Werkakademie, there is the Neue Form collection by Elsbeth Kupferoth,…

  • Band (Peru), 300–100 BC

    Plaited band in dark red with dark green center on a black ground.

  • Textile (Peru), 1000–1400

    Border of stylized interlocking birds and frets, with top band of monkeys alternating with stepped diagonals, lower band of triangles and interlocking birds; darned or woven in heavy pale tan…

  • Fragment (Peru), 1200–1400

    Fragment of loosely woven white cotton embroidered with red and black birds.

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