This trade card dates from about 1690, and illustrates the range of wallpapers available and the styles of interior decoration which were fashionable at the time. It is interesting to note that the majority of these wallpaper styles were imitations of other materials such as embroidery, wood, marble and fine fabrics.
SuppliersAdelphi Paper Hangings www.adelphipaperhangings.com Cole and Son (Wallpapers) Ltd Hamilton Weston Wallpapers Ltd i.e... wallpaper ltd. 34 Market Place Marthe Armitage DesignsAvailable to order in the UK from Hamilton Weston Wallpapers Ornamenta Deborah Bowness Digital and Handprinted Wallpaper LondonTel: + 44 (0)78 1780 7504 PLEASE see the delightful video - WALLS THAT MOVE on the DIRECTORY page. "Three Hundred Years of Wallpaper History in Three Minutes"
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InstitutionsV&A South Kensington The Whitworth Art Gallery - LINKS - Victoria & Albert Museum - http://www.vam.ac.uk/ Strawberry Hill - www.friendsofstrawberryhill.org National Association of Decorative & Fine Arts Soceities (NADFAS) - http://www.nadfas.org.uk Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum (Smithsonain)- http://www.cooperhewitt.org The National Trust - http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/main/w-trust/w-support/w-shopping_with_nt/w-home_collection/w-home_collection-decorative_features.htm The Whitworth Art Gallery - www.manchester.ac.uk/whitworth The WIlliam Morris Society - http://www.morrissociety.org The Arts & Crafts Home - www.achome.co.uk
The Decorative Arts Society - http://www.decorativeartssociety.org.uk/ The Art Workers Guild - www.artworkersguild.org Selvedge Magazine - www.selvedge.org The Design History Society - www.designhistorysociety.org WALLPAPER THAT MOVES - Three Hundred Years of Wallpaper History in Three Minutes From Kit Laybourne at Oxygen Media, New York City, USA - 2001. The video was made with the cooperation and direct assistance of the Cooper-Hewett National Design Museum. |
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