DENNISON CREPE

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"DENNISON CREPE"

Entry/Object ID

2001.71.1.1

Description

Color: Brown; Green "Dennison Crepe," a sample book issued by the Dennison Manufacturing Company, 1927. The item has a light brown cardstock cover with the title at the top of the front. At the center is a rectangular box within which is the manufacturer's logo, and at the bottom is the manufacturer's name and location. On the back is a note on other catalogs and a listing of sales offices. On the inside are a note on packing and weights, color combination suggestions, and crepe paper uses. Forty-nine sample colors are provided including hellotrope [sic], nile green, national blue, silver, and many more. With abrasions; creases and dents on the cover; heavy surface soiling; and tears, the artifact is in poor condition.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Paper industry

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Sample books, Dennison Manufacturing Company, Crepe paper

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Sample Books