Wallpaper and Border Exhibitor

Young & Knowles; Jerome Travis

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Caption

Young & Knowles; Jerome Travis. Wallpaper and Border Exhibitor, February 8, 1887 (patent). Wood, paper, canvas, metal hardware, open: 64 7/8 x 23 1/4 x 41 1/2 in. (164.8 x 59.1 x 105.4 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Bequest of DeLancey Thorn Grant in memory of her mother, Louise Floyd-Jones Thorn, by exchange, 1991.145. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Title

Wallpaper and Border Exhibitor

Date

February 8, 1887 (patent)

Geography

Place manufactured: North Adams, Michigan, United States

Medium

Wood, paper, canvas, metal hardware

Classification

Furnishing

Dimensions

open: 64 7/8 x 23 1/4 x 41 1/2 in. (164.8 x 59.1 x 105.4 cm)

Signatures

non signature

Inscriptions

no inscriptions

Markings

Stenciled in gold: on top front stretcher, "TRAVIS WALL PAPER / AND / BORDER EXHIBITOR"; on bottom stretcher, "MAN'F'D BY / YOUNG & KNOWLES. / NORTH ADAMS. MICH."; on top of box behind double scroll ornament, "PATENT / APPLIED FOR."

Credit Line

Bequest of DeLancey Thorn Grant in memory of her mother, Louise Floyd-Jones Thorn, by exchange

Accession Number

1991.145

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