Wallpaper in America: From the Seventeenth Century to World War I

Name/Title

Wallpaper in America: From the Seventeenth Century to World War I

Entry/Object ID

2005.003.0084

Secondary Title

Wallpaper in America: From the 17th Century to World War I

Description

Surveys the most distinctive styles of wallpapers used in America from the seventeenth century, when their presence can first be documented, to World War I, when the taste markers began to associate the plain white wall with all that was "Modern." Draws on the extensive collections of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Design, as well as from sources across America and Europe. 533 p., ill. (some col.), 27 cm.

Collection

Historic Charleston Foundation Library

Acquisition

Accession

2005.003.

Source or Donor

New Library Catalog Records (2005)

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Book

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Other Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Search Terms

Fine arts, Decorative arts; applied arts; decoration and ornament, Wallpapers, Wallpaper--United States

Book Details

Author

Lynn, Catherine

Edition

1st ed.

Publisher

W.W. Norton

Place Published

Location

New York, NY

Date Published

circa 1980

Call No.

NK3412 .L9 1980 c. 1

ISBN

0-393-01448-7

Notes

Copy No.: 1

Location

Location

Building

NRH Research Room

Category

Permanent

Date

February 7, 2023

Location

Building

NR Docent Library

Category

Permanent

Location

Building

Checked Out

Moved By

Brandy S. Culp
Missing

General Notes

Note

Notes: Book jacket is torn. Includes bibliographical references (p. [514]) and index.

Created By

admin@catalogit.app

Create Date

March 31, 2005

Updated By

kemmons

Update Date

March 24, 2016