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The Robert Graves Company was an American wallpaper manufacturer based in New York City. The company was active between 1843 and 1929.
The company, founded by the Irish immigrant Robert Graves, first operated from a five-story showroom and factory building on East 35th Street, in the
1907 Robert Graves Wall Paper Ideas cover zz 1310x.jpg, Robert Graves Company 1907 wallpaper catalogue.
1907 Robert Graves Wall Paper Ideas 6074 zz 1310x.jpg, Excerpt from a 1907 Robert Graves Company wallpaper catalogue.
Robert-Graves-showroom-Bridge-St.-BE-1911.jpg, Advertisement for the Robert Graves Company, published in the Brooklyn Eagle 1911.
The Robert Graves Company was an American wallpaper manufacturer based in New York City. The company was active between 1843 and 1929.
The company, founded by the Irish immigrant Robert Graves, first operated from a five-story showroom and factory building on East 35th Street, in the Madison Square
Madison Square is a public square formed by the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Broadway at 23rd Street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The square was named for Founding Father James Madison, fourth President of the United States. ...
area. The company's success necessitated larger premises; in the 1860s Graves moved the company to Brooklyn, near Fulton Street and Carlton Avenue. In the 1870s, the Brooklyn architect William B. Ditmars was commissioned to expand the Carlton street building, adding a new five-story building behind it.
The New York Times reported that the Brooklyn factory was scheduled to be sold at auction April 8, 1930.
Wallpapers produced by the company are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art
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, the Brooklyn Museum
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{{reflist Wallpaper manufacturers American companies established in 1843 American companies disestablished in 1929 Companies based in New York City