REGISTERS

Object/Artifact

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Homestead Museum

Name/Title

"REGISTERS"

Entry/Object ID

2000.242.1.1

Description

Color: Brown; Red "Registers," an architectural details catalog issued by Hart & Cooley Company, 1916. The 63-page artifact has a brown paper cover with the title at the center of the top. Below this are the initials of the manufacturer with the whole name of the company at the bottom of the front along with the address. All of the printing on the cover is in red lettering. At the beginning of the inside is a title page, a foreword, a listing of the contents, and a note on the shipping of goods. Available for sale are a variety of architectural details including registers, borders, grilles, baseboards, and much more. At the back is a list of telegraph codes, tables of discounts and sizes, as well as directions for the best use of the articles listed. Many black and white illustrations are included. Found with the catalog was a mailer which is item .2. With some abrasions and small dents at the corners, the object is in good condition.

Lexicon

LOC Thesaurus for Graphic Materials

Building, Interior decoration

Search Terms

Three-dimensional, Catalogs, Hart & Cooley Company, Architecture--Details, Heating

Legacy Lexicon

Object Name

Catalogs