[Wallpaper] Goudsmit-Hoff archive

Sm. archive of this Dutch wallpaper manufacturer, 1930s-1970s. Incl. a.o.: (1) 70 photos of the factories in Amsterdam, Rijen and Huizen, incl. photos of employees at work, the opening of the factory in Amsterdam in 1934 and the farewell of director K.P. Gomperts in 1953 (w. var. related items). (2) Wallpaper sample book "Kleurenpsychologie", serie 43, vervaardigd in samenwerking met het Nederlandsch Kleurengenootschap, 1939. Folder w. approx. 100 samples, ordered in colour groups, incl. rare brochure w. further details on this sample book. (3) Cardboard display w. 32 samples of dec. wooden frames, 32 x 42 cm, ca. 1935. (4) 10 samples of wallpaper cords, 18 x 11 cm, ca. 1935. (5) Wallpaper sample book, no. 37, 1941/42. Obl. W. approx. 117 samples, 44 x 24 cm. Some pages marked w. a blue cross, indicating that the wallpaper was no longer available.

The company L. Goutsmit was founded in 1885. Initially, it was mainly concerned with importing foreign wallpaper, but from ca. 1925 the company started manufacturing their own products and utilising designs of various Dutch artists. In 1927 the company fused with Hoff & Zn, establishing the firm Goudsmit-Hoff; thereafter, the company grew to a production capacity of approx. 10 million rolls of wallpaper and over 300 employees. In the 1980s the company was acquired by Rath & Doodeheefver.