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The backstory of wallpaper : paper-hangings, 1650-1750

Title
The backstory of wallpaper : paper-hangings, 1650-1750 / Robert M. Kelly.
Author
Kelly, Robert M., 1949-
Publication
  • Lee, Mass. : WallpaperScholar.com, [2013]
  • ©2013

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Description
183 pages : illustrations; 27 cm
Alternative Title
Back story of wallpaper
Subject
  • Wallpaper > History
  • Interior walls > Decoration
  • Decoration and ornament, Early American
  • Wallpaper
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-159) and index.
Contents
Rediscovering wallpaper -- Antecedents -- Printed, painted, or stained -- Papillon and his drawings -- The paper-hangings trade -- Wallpaper shopping -- 'Where there is a wall' -- Paperhanging -- Installers -- Leather hangings -- Chinese scenics and flock damasks -- Papier-maché, early print rooms, screens -- Pounds, shillings, pence -- The American colonies -- Canada and the North American wholesale trade -- Bringing the backstory forward.
ISBN
  • 9780985656102
  • 0985656107
LCCN
  • 2012940376
  • 99965278706
OCLC
  • ocn858805047
  • 858805047
  • SCSB-5830582
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries