NEW OUTLOOKS FOR EVERY HOME

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"NEW OUTLOOKS FOR EVERY HOME"

Entry/Object ID

2001.37.1.1

Description

Color: Black; Red; White "New Outlooks for Every Home," issued by the Scranton Lace Co., 1927. The cover of the 32-page catalog is missing leaving the title page at the front. At the top of this is the title, with the manufacturer's logo at the center, and its name and location at the bottom. The back cover, which is detached and is item a), has the manufacturer's logo at the center in red. At the beginning are a table of contents and an article entitled, "The Art of Window Draping." The artifact lists a variety of drapings in sections devoted to the entrance hall; stairway; man's den; French, out, and inswinging windows; living room; sun room; library; alcove; dining room; and bedroom. Each section provides decorating suggestions as well as black and white photographs and illustrations. At the end are washing instructions for lace and cotton curtains. With losses, creases, discoloration, soiling, and a stain on page thirty-two, the object is in poor condition.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Drapery, Interior decoration

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Catalogs, Scranton Lace Co., Drapery--Selling, Cotton--Cleaning, Lace--Cleaning

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Catalogs