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The Victorian Era (1837–1901) ushered in a dizzying array of design styles. This image was posted on January 04, 2023. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpaperwednesday #design
The individual patterns of this Persian ceiling paper set were drawn and adapted from examples of the Persian and Indo-Persian patterns depicted in Albert Racinet’s compendium “L’Ornement Polychrome,” published in installments between 1869 and 1873. This image was posted on December 21, 2022. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpaperwednesday #design
Many of Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers’ patterns are initially hand painted on acetate or by cutting a stencil. This image was posted on November 16, 2022. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpaperwednesday #design
From the 19th century, in both Britain and the United States, fashionable homes in the Aesthetic Movement style featured interiors with tripartite walls that displayed a dado, a fill pattern, and a frieze. This image was posted on October 26, 2022. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpaperwednesday #design
The individual patterns of this Persian ceiling paper set were drawn and adapted from examples of the Persian and Indo-Persian patterns depicted in Albert Racinet’s compendium L’Ornement Polychrome, published in installments between 1869 and 1873. This image was posted on August 24, 2022. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpaperwednesday #design
Napoleon’s Egyptian campaign (1798–1801) ignited a fascination with ancient Egypt that continued into the Victorian era, when the Egyptian Revival design style permeated decorative arts. This image was posted on August 17, 2022. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpapers #design #wallpaperwednesday #egyptianrevival
“Why not then, have beautiful ceilings, especially as they can be seen complete, while the wall is part hidden by furniture and pictures?….We glory in a clear blue sky overhead, and we speak of the sky as increasing in beauty as it becomes deeper in tint…Why then make our ceilings white?” -Christopher Dresser (1834–1904) Christopher Dresser realized a future in which high-quality design could merge with machine production. This image was posted on July 27, 2022. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpaperwednesday #design
Christian Herter (1839–83) arrived in New York from Germany in 1859 and became a full partner in his brother Gustave’s firm in 1864, forming Herter Brothers. This image was posted on May 25, 2022. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpaperwednesday #design
Reproducing historic wallpaper is no easy feat. This image was posted on May 11, 2022. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpaperwednesday #museum #museumexhibition #exhibition
Interior design advice from the 19th century that holds up today: influential architect and furniture designer Charles Locke Eastlake encouraged a threefold division of walls in 1867, explaining to his readers that: “Paperhangings should in no case be allowed to cover the whole space of a wall from skirting to ceiling….The most dreary method of decorating the wall of a sitting-room is to cover it all over with an unrelieved pattern of monotonous design.” Fashionable Aesthetic Movement interiors displayed a dado, which covered the lower part of the wall and provided an alternative to wood paneling. This image was posted on April 27, 2022. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpaperwednesday #design
Bruce Bradbury established Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers in 1979. This image was posted on November 17, 2021. #victorianpaperedwall #wallpaper #wallpaperwednesday #wallpapers #design
What did it take to mount and install the thirty-two lengths of wallpaper that make up the complete set of Zuber’s “Les Vues d’Amérique du Nord (Views of North America)”? This video was posted on August 12, 2020. #zuber #wallpaperwednesday #museumfromhome