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Dado (USA)

This is a Dado. It was manufactured by Frederick Beck & Co. and produced by American Wall Paper Manufacturers' Association. It is dated 1885 and we acquired it in 1996. Its medium is block-printed paper. It is a part of the Wallcoverings department.

It is credited Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds.

It is inscribed

Printed in left selvedge: "A.W.P.M.A. 556".

Cite this object as

Dado (USA); Manufactured by Frederick Beck & Co.; Produced by American Wall Paper Manufacturers' Association (United States); block-printed paper; Museum purchase from Smithsonian Institution Collections Acquisition Program and Sarah Cooper-Hewitt Funds; 1995-165-3

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