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The papered wall : the history, patterns and techniques of wallpaper / edited by Lesley Hoskins.

Collection Type

  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-149099

Description

256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Wallpaper History.
Wallpaper Themes, motives.
Wallpaper Technique.

Originator

Hoskins, Lesley.

Contents

Manifold beginnings : single-sheet papers / Geert Wisse -- Flocks, florals and fancies : English manufacture, 1680-1830 / Anthony Wells-Cole -- The China trade : Oriental painted panels / Gill Saunders -- Luxury perfected : the ascendancy of French wallpaper, 1770-1870 / Bernard Jacquâe -- Arabesques and allegories : French decorative panels / Vâeronique de Bruignac -- Wide horizons : French scenic papers / Odile Nouvel-Kammerer -- An ocean apart : imports and the beginning of American manufacture / Richard C. Nylander -- The English response : mechanization and design reform / Joanna Banham --
Proliferation : late 19th-century papers, markets and manufacturers / Christine Woods, Joanne Kosuda Warner, Bernard Jacquâe -- Unsteady progress : from the turn of the century to the Second World War / Sabine Thèummler, Mark Turner -- Post-war promise : pattern and technology up to 1970 / Joanne Kosuda Warner, Lesley Hoskins -- Off the shelf : design and consumer trends since 1970 / Mary Schoeser -- Postscript : the rescue and care of wallpapers / Sarah Mansell.

Publication

London : Thames and Hudson

Description

256 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 31 cm.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-250) and index.
Rodris Roth Library (copy 2).

ISBN

050023695X

Call Number

Ovr. NK3400.P37 1994b
Roth NK3400.P37 1994b c.2

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