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> Amelia E. Chamberlain wrote:
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> > We are considering replacing kitchen linoleum flooring in a 1870s
> > historic house--we interpret the 1910 time period.
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Amelia:

Why not replace it with --- linoleum?! It's entirely authentic for the
period, and the Scottish factory that first developed it (from LINseed OIL
hence the name) more than a century ago still produces it, though no doubt
there are American sources as well.

Patrick Boylan