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The backstory of wallpaper : paper-hangings, 1650-1750 / Robert M. Kelly.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection NK3400 .K45 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kelly, Robert M., 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wallpaper--History.
- Wallpaper.
- Interior walls--Decoration.
- Interior walls.
- Decoration and ornament, Early American.
- Physical Description:
- 183 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lee, Mass. : WallpaperScholar.com, [2013]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 147-159) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780985656102
- 0985656107
- OCLC:
- 858805047
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