Ripolin : an imported enamel paint for interior and exterior finish
A 1909 trade catalogue issued by J. A. & W. Bird & Co. to promote Ripolin, an imported enamel paint for interior and exterior finish, aimed at architects, builders and property owners. The pages are photographic plates of New York buildings, apartment houses, mansions and office blocks, each captioned with its architect and owner, showing how the enamel finish looked on façades and interiors. A designer might take from them the period range of brick, stone and terracotta façade detailing and the dense street-level views of turn-of-the-century Manhattan architecture.
