The Historic Houses Trust of New South Wales has in its Resource Centre an
extensive collection of linoleum fragments/swatches and lino-related trade,
pattern, sample and associated floor covering reference books. Use of the
collection is free, by appointment, and is government funded. You can
contact the curator through the HHT web site www.hht.nsw.gov.au

Gary Crockett
Curator
Hyde Park Barracks Museum
Sydney Australia
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-----Original Message-----
From: Amelia E. Chamberlain <[log in to unmask]>
Newsgroups: bit.listserv.museum-l
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Date: Wednesday, 26 August 1998 13:16
Subject: vinyl or linoleum flooring


>We are considering replacing kitchen linoleum flooring in a 1870s
>historic house--we interpret the 1910 time period.  The current flooring
>was placed in the house in the mid-1980s and so has no historic
>significance.  A sample of the "old" linoleum remains in the pantry.  We
>do not have suffucuent funding to reproduce the pattern.
>
>Does anyone know of a resource for heritage patterns for linoleum or
>vinyl--I've searched internet sources (found out there's a music group
>by the name of "linoleum") and our local flooring businesses.  Haven't
>found a satisfactory pattern.  Has anyone else gone through this process
>that can suggest sources or solutions?
>
>Thanks for you help.
>
>AE Chamberlain
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>So. Oregon Historical Society
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