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	Off the Wall: Wonderful Wall Coverings of the Twentieth Century Author: Lena Lencek Publisher: Chronicle Books Year: 2004 ISBN 0811835731
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This home decor reference book entertains while it inspires with reproductions of 150 classic and unique wallpapers; many of which are drawn from the collections of the Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution. Covering every decade of the century, Off the Wall celebrates robust pattern and detail in all their manifestations. Lively text and captions help to capture the designers, trends, and world events relevant to each piece, and the broader evolution of the genre, from a 1948 mural of rural America, replete with plump livestock and ripening fields, to the boldly colored abstractions produced in the 1950s by Herman Miller for MOMA.

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