Collection Highlights
Leg brace
ca. 1940
2002.76
Leather, metal
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Hardware/ household
Object name
Hardware/ household
Date
1940-1960
Medium
Wood
Dimensions
4 3/4 x 2 7/8 x 1/4 in.
Description
This wood sample has a white paper label on one side that reads in black and red "Compo-Board/ Compo-Board is the best lining you can use for your walls and ceilings./ Compo-Board makes dry germ-proof walls and ceiling. As warm as a plaster wall a foot thick. Can be put on quickly by anyone who can drive a nail....".
Credit Line
Gift of Bella C. Landauer
Object Number
2002.1.1627
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
