By Janet Dodrill
The Outside Comes Inside, Cooper Hewitt’s Object of the Day, the Schmitz-Horning Company Catalogue.
Cooper Hewitt’s recent Object of the Day (December 17, 2017), The Outside Comes Inside, featured Schmitz-Horning Company’s San-Kro-Mura wall decoration catalogue from 1913-1914.
The Object of the Day webpage contains color images of selected catalogue pages and a brief audio recording about it and the company.
The Schmitz-Horning Company, established in 1905 in Cleveland, Ohio, designed and manufactured full-color chromolithograph high quality washable wall coverings, murals, decorative room panoramics, and friezes.
The wall decoration catalogue is available as part of an “adoption” program to gain funding to support the preservation of this book and others at the museum.
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum currently has over 100 pieces in their collection from the Schmitz-Horning Company – the major collection was a gift from the Wallpaper Council, Inc. of New York, NY.
Schmitz-Horning was co-founded by Hugo M. Schmitz (my great-grandfather) and William Horning, artists and lithographers. It is believed the two became acquainted in the late 1800s in and around the Cleveland Art Club and artist’s community. Mr. Horning sold his interest in the company in 1920. Around 1926, Warren R. Schmitz (my grandfather), became vice president of the firm and assisted in company sales. In 1938 he became president of the company until it closed in 1960.
The Forest wall mural theme, Schmitz-Horning Co., 1914 catalogue
Hollyhocks wall mural theme, Schmitz-Horning Co. 1914 catalogue.
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Selected Schmitz-Horning Company Links at Cooper Hewitt:
Cooper Hewitt’s recent Object of the Day (December 17, 2017) The Outside Comes Inside, Schmitz-Horning Co. 1913-1914 Catalogue
cooperhewitt.org/2017/12/17/the-outside-comes-inside
The Schmitz-Horning Co.
collection.cooperhewitt.org/people/18046573
Cooper Hewitt WALLCOVERINGS
cooperhewitt.org/tag/wallcoverings
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