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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Bruce Bradbury arrived in San Francisco from Maine in the 1960s and discovered neighborhoods with seemingly endless rows of elaborately ornamented Victorian houses.
This image was posted on October 05, 2022.
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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.
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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.
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“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.
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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.
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Reproducing historic wallpaper is no easy feat.
This image was posted on May 11, 2022.
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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.
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English architect and designer Augustus W. N. Pugin (1812–52) embraced Gothic as the only true design style.
This image was posted on March 30, 2022.
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