Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Decal |
Catalog Number |
2001.12 |
Maker |
Meyercord Company |
Date |
ca. 1950 |
Material(s) |
Paper/Plastic/Ink |
Dimensions |
H-6.25 W-4.5 inches |
Description |
This is a decal designed to be applied to walls or cabinets. The decal and instructions card are inside a cellophane envelope. The graphic decal is a mermaid with blue-green scales and flowing black hair with pink flowers in it sitting on a pink clam shell. Four yellow fish are looking at her and tall coral is in the background. |
Notes |
Found by donor in the estate of his grandmother, Julia Ellen Waters (1889-1986) of Washington County. She married Benjamin C. Smith (1888-1972) in 1909 and the couple lived in the Portland neighborhood of Louisville. |
Collection |
Thomas E. Stephens Collection |
People |
Meyercord Company Waters, Julia Ellen |
Subjects |
Art Decals Wallpaper Mermaids |
Search Terms |
Washington County (Ky.) Louisville (Ky.) Kentucky Arts |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |