Wallpaper in Interior DecorationThis work charts the rich and varied history of wallpaper, from its modest beginnings in the 16th century, through the lavish designs of the 18th century to the computer generated patterns of the late 20th century. |
From inside the book
Results 1-3 of 82
Page 7
... wallpaper in interior decoration will draw extensively on the material evidence in the V & A , but it will also set the use and choice of wallpaper in the context of contemporary opinion , taste , income and social status . Wallpaper ...
... wallpaper in interior decoration will draw extensively on the material evidence in the V & A , but it will also set the use and choice of wallpaper in the context of contemporary opinion , taste , income and social status . Wallpaper ...
Page 8
... Wallpaper becomes a metaphor for dishonesty and dissem- bling , for the ephemeral as opposed to the secure and lasting , and for the valuing of appearance over substance . It ... wallpaper , and by associ- 8 Wallpaper in Interior Decoration.
... Wallpaper becomes a metaphor for dishonesty and dissem- bling , for the ephemeral as opposed to the secure and lasting , and for the valuing of appearance over substance . It ... wallpaper , and by associ- 8 Wallpaper in Interior Decoration.
Page 11
... Wallpaper , by its very nature , is the most ephemeral feature of interior decoration , and this is compounded by the fact that it is often impossi- ble to remove intact , and may ... Wallpaper and Where ? 1 Who Used Wallpaper and Where?
... Wallpaper , by its very nature , is the most ephemeral feature of interior decoration , and this is compounded by the fact that it is often impossi- ble to remove intact , and may ... Wallpaper and Where ? 1 Who Used Wallpaper and Where?
Contents
Who Used Wallpaper and Where? | 11 |
Shopping for Wallpaper | 27 |
Paperhanging | 37 |
Copyright | |
13 other sections not shown
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
advertised architect architectural artists Beauty bedroom block printed borders cheap Chinese papers Chinese wallpaper chinoiserie Clandon Park Colour print contemporary Cowtan Decorative Art described dining room Doddington Hall domestic drawing room Edis eighteenth century elegant embossed English engraved example fashion flock papers floral flowers framed French scenic frieze furnishings Given Gothic grisaille halls hangings hung illustrating imitating interior decoration Jeffrey Lady landscape Literary History London machine print manufacturers Morris & Co Morris papers Morris's motifs Museum nineteenth century nursery op.cit ornament Owen Jones painted Palace of Westminster panels Papered Wall paperhangings pasted pattern book pictorial plate popular print from woodblocks print room produced Pugin Quoted in Literary redecorated reproduced rococo Sandersons sanitary scenes scenic papers scenic wallpaper shows style tapestries taste Temple Newsam textiles trade cards trompe l'oeil Uppark wall coverings Wall Paper wallpaper designs Walter Crane Warehouse washable Whitworth Art Gallery William Morris