<img width="640" height="938" src="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1991-89-57.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-post-image" alt="Image shows a wallpaper with a parquet floor pattern, composed of woodgrained squares or tiles. Please scroll down for additional information on this object." style="display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;" srcset="https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1991-89-57.jpg 699w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1991-89-57-205x300.jpg 205w, https://uh8yh30l48rpize52xh0q1o6i-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1991-89-57-160x235.jpg 160w" sizes="(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px" data-attachment-id="32901" data-permalink="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/2019/02/25/mid-century-woodgrain-wallpaper/1991-89-57/" data-orig-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1991-89-57.jpg" data-orig-size="699,1024" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}" data-image-title="1991-89-57" data-image-description="" data-medium-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1991-89-57-205x300.jpg" data-large-file="https://www.cooperhewitt.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/1991-89-57.jpg" />This design copies the look of parquet flooring. Being in the Walcrest line of the Stamford Wallpaper Company, the design is machine-printed with engraved rollers using oil-based inks. This is the same printing technique used to make the first wipeable wallpapers in the 1870s. This differs from standard machine prints where printing rollers use a...
