"THE EVOLUTION OF LINOLEUM

Monday, March 19, 2018

I received an interesting reference question a few months ago from 
researchers trying to identify a vintage floral linoleum pattern that 
was used in a work of art created in the 1960s. They asked if we could 
find the pattern in some of the linoleum trade catalogs in our library 
collection.

The researchers had searchedHagley’s online library catalog 
<http://h92010.eos-intl.net/H92010/OPAC/Index.aspx> and identified a 
range of catalogs dating from 1924 to 1952.

I love old linoleum patterns, having lived in a few old houses where the 
tastes of many generations of inhabitants could be documented through 
the layers of the kitchen floor, so I looked forward to this challenge!

I pulled the catalogs in question, and examined them one by one for any 
matching patterns. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to find the pattern in 
question, but I fell in love with the quirky designs from each decade 
all over again ..."

https://www.hagley.org/librarynews/evolution-linoleum

On 1/20/2020 6:05 PM, Harding Polk wrote:
> Janee,
> Here's a possible guess.  Maybe a textured linoleum tile. Possibly multiple layers stacked on top of each other? It can seem kind of chalky and it crumbles fairly easily especially if wet. Rare to find larger pieces of it.
> Harding Polk II
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Janee Becker <[log in to unmask]>
> To: HISTARCH <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Mon, Jan 20, 2020 4:42 pm
> Subject: Please Help Identify This Artifact - Updated link
>
> Hi All,
>
>   Below is my original message. I was made aware that the link did not copy the way it was supposed to. Hopefully it works now.I encountered an unidentified artifact during my thesis excavations on a historic site last month. So far this plaster like artifact has stumped my professors and my fellow cohorts. They appear to have at onetime been mortared or glued together with a cobble like design on one side and a plain side on the other. They are very stiff and are made out of an unidentified material. If anyone can identify this artifact, please let me know.
>
>
> Photos of these artifacts can be accessed  via the below dropbox link
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/2waoabbtteyipf9/AAD9O2JorXhD2NZNxfTzCEJla?dl=0
>
>
> Thanks, Janee BeckerMA Student, Applied ArchaeologyIndiana University of Pennsylvania
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