Wallpaper sample, Robert Graves Company.

The Robert Graves Company was an American wallpaper manufacturer based in New York City. The company was active between 1843 and 1929.[1]

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 area.[1] The company's success necessitated larger premises; in the 1860s Graves moved the company to Brooklyn, near Fulton Street and Carlton Avenue.[1] 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.[1]

The New York Times reported that the Brooklyn factory was scheduled to be sold at auction April 8, 1930.[2]

Wallpapers produced by the company are in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art,[3] the Brooklyn Museum,[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Spellen, Suzanne (1 September 2015). "Robert Graves Wallpaper Company: A Piece Of Brooklyn History". Brownstoner.
  2. ↑ "FACTORY AT AUCTION.; Brooklyn Plant of Graves Company to Be Sold April 8". The New York Times. 23 March 1930.
  3. ↑ "Wallpaper". www.metmuseum.org.
  4. ↑ "Brooklyn Museum". www.brooklynmuseum.org.
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