Rubber tiling.
A 1918 trade catalogue issued by the New York Belting & Packing Co. to show its rubber floor tiling to buyers in the building and flooring trades. The plates present corner layouts of checkerboard and lattice patterns in black, cream, green and tan. A designer could take from them the diagonal checkerboard grid with a contrasting border band, and the interlocking lattice tile shape, as simple floor and border motifs.
