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The Papered Wall Lesley Hoskins

The Papered Wall By Lesley Hoskins

The Papered Wall by Lesley Hoskins


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Summary

An interantional history of wallpaper, from its origins to today's digital and laser printing. Includes a guide to care and conservation.

The Papered Wall Summary

The Papered Wall: The History, Patterns and Techniques of Wallpaper by Lesley Hoskins

The Papered Wall is the only international history of wallpaper, from its origins to today's digital and laser printing. This edition, published to coincide with a new vogue for using wallpaper, has been brought completely up-to-date with a new and fully illustrated chapter on recent trends and a thorough reworking of the invaluable reference section, which includes a guide to care and conservation.

About Lesley Hoskins

Lesley Hoskins, former Secretary of the UKs Wallpaper History Society, is currently Specialist Curator at MoDA (The Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture, Middlesex University). Among her previous books are Living Rooms, The House Beautiful and Fiftiestyle.

Table of Contents

1. Manifold Beginnings; 2. Flocks, Florals and Fancies: English Manufacture 1680-1830; 3. The China Trade: Oriental Printed Panels; 4. Luxury Perfected: The Ascendancy of French Wallpaper 1770-1870; 5. Arabesques and Allegories: French Decorative Panels; 6. Wide Horizons: French Scenic Papers; 7. An Ocean Apart: Imports and the Beginning of American Manufacture; 8. The English Response: Mechanization and Design Reform; 9. Proliferation: Late 19th-Century Papers, Markets and Manufacturers; 10. Unsteady Progress: From the Turn of the Century to the Second World War; 11. Post-war Promise: Pattern and Technology up to 1970; 12. Off the Shelf: Design and Consumer Trends since 1970; 13. Limited Editions: 1995 to today.

Additional information

GOR004020076
9780500285688
0500285683
The Papered Wall: The History, Patterns and Techniques of Wallpaper by Lesley Hoskins
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Thames & Hudson Ltd
2005-09-12
272
N/A
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