By Janet Dodrill
Old House Journal, May 2018, cover.
Schmitz-Horning Company was included in an article on scenic wallpapers in established old house restoration magazine, Old House Journal magazine, May 2018 issue.
The tasteful article, by Brian E. Coleman, displays a variety of high end wall coverings including hand painted paper.
Schmitz-Horning’s San-kro-mura™ line is mentioned, which stood for sanitary or washable, color, chromolithograph mural. Images of the Villa Medici wallpaper pattern and 1917 catalog page for The Lombardy appear.
The Schmitz-Horning Company patented the printed frieze for walls in 1906 (https://patents.google.com/patent/US830931).
Resources:
Old House Journal magazine
www.oldhouseonline.com
Old House Journal, Scenic Wallpapers, May 2018
www.oldhouseonline.com/articles/scenic-walls
Printed Frieze for Walls
patents.google.com/patent/US830931
Old House Journal magazine, May 2018 issue, scenic wallpapers article, page 29.
Printed frieze for walls patented by Schmitz-Horning Co.
Schmitz-Horning Co. The Lombardy wallpaper pattern, from the 1917 catalog.
Schmitz-Horning’s Villa Medici scenic mural, San-Kro-Mura line.
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