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Object Timeline

1935

  • Work on this object began.

1945

  • Work on this object ended.

1979

  • We acquired this object.

2007

2013

2025

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Sidewall (USA)

This is a sidewall. It is dated 1935–45 and we acquired it in 1979. Its medium is machine-printed on paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Gift of Mrs. Arthur Gerpoltz.

Its dimensions are

117 x 56 cm (46 1/16 x 22 1/16 in.)

It is inscribed

Printed in gray on both selvedges: “JOIN HERE TOP”

Cite this object as

Sidewall (USA); machine-printed on paper; 117 x 56 cm (46 1/16 x 22 1/16 in.); Gift of Mrs. Arthur Gerpoltz; 1979-50-2

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