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== Description == | == Description == | ||
| − | [Congoleum] A registered trademark for a printed [ | + | [Congoleum] A registered trademark for a printed [[linoleum]] floor covering. Congoleum was first sold in the 1920s with a simulated wood-grain pattern for use as a border for rugs or linoleum. It was manufactured in a three-foot wide strips using asphalt material from the Belgian Congo (hence the name). Beginning in the 1950s, the Congoleum name was used for a vinyl floor covering products. |
== Additional Information == | == Additional Information == | ||
Revision as of 10:34, 13 January 2014
Description
[Congoleum] A registered trademark for a printed Linoleum floor covering. Congoleum was first sold in the 1920s with a simulated wood-grain pattern for use as a border for rugs or linoleum. It was manufactured in a three-foot wide strips using asphalt material from the Belgian Congo (hence the name). Beginning in the 1950s, the Congoleum name was used for a vinyl floor covering products.
Additional Information
Congoleum: Website
Authority
- Thomas C. Jester (ed.), Thomas C. Jester (ed.), Twentieth-Century Building Materials, McGraw-Hill Companies, Washington DC, 1995