THE PAPERED WALL
Written by Lesley Hoskins
Published by Harry N. Abrams
in 1994
ISBN: 0810937301
- Categorised in:
- HISTORY
- HISTORY GENERAL
- INTERIOR DESIGN
- PAPER
THE PAPERED WALL
Written by Lesley Hoskins.
Stock no. 814966
1st USA.
1994.
Hardback.
Large format.
Fine condition in a nearly fine dustwrapper.
Tracing the history of wallpaper ranging from hand-painted Chinese papers to the myriad patterns and paper types available for use today in the ordinary home. Large format. Red cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour illustrations. 256 pages. ISBN: 0810937301. A lovely, clean copy.
Front cover
Contents
- Introduction
- LESLEY HOSKINIS
- 1 Manifold Beginnings: Single-Sheet Papers
- GEERT WISSE
- 2 Flocks, Florals and Fancies: English Manufacture 1680-1830
- ANTHONY WELLS-COLE
- 3 The China Trade: Oriental Painted Panels
- GILL SAUNDERS
- 4 Luxury Perfected: The Ascendancy of French Wallpaper 1770-1870
- BERNARD JACQUE
- 5 Arabesques and Allegories: French Decorative Panels
- VERONIZUE DE BRUIGNAC
- 6 Wide Horizons: French Scenic Papers
- ODILE NOUVEL-KAMMERER
- 7 An Ocean Apart: Imports and the Beginning of American Manufacture
- RICHARD NYLANDER
- 8 The English Response: Mechanization and Design Reform
- JOANNA BANHAM
- 9 Proliferation: Late 19th Century Papers, Markets and Manufacturers
- CHRISTINE WOODS
- 10 Unsteady Progress: From the Turn of the Century to the Second World War
- SABINE THUMMLER
- 11 Post-war Promise: Pattern and Technology up to 1970
- JOANNE KOSUDA WARNER