A romantic, classical composition in #grisaille featuring architectural elements dotting a tranquil garden, “Les Lointains” was first offered in 1825. Each detail requires a separate woodblock, and eleven colors are used to create “Les Lointains”. #ZuberScenicWallpaper#wallpaperThis tweet was posted on October 10, 2019.
As the company’s artistic director, Bauer scours authentic patterns found in museum and archival collections, factory records, early wallpaper sample books, and period literature to create his artisanal wallpapers. #victorianpaperedwallThis tweet was posted on December 03, 2021.
Before long, Bruce began crafting his own Victorian wallpapers in the evenings and weekends at the studio in Benicia and established a mail-order business. In 1979, @BradburyWalls' first catalog featured twelve hand-silkscreened period wallpapers. #VictorianPaperedWallThis tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.
Bruce Bradbury arrived in San Francisco from Maine in the 1960s and discovered neighborhoods with seemingly endless rows of elaborately ornamented Victorian houses. Once inside, Bruce imagined the interiors restored to their former glory. #VictorianPaperedWall#wallpaperThis tweet was posted on October 05, 2022.
Bruce Bradbury established Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers (@BradburyWalls) in 1979. After exploring the wallpaper collections at the @V_and_A in London, Bruce taught himself to silkscreen while working at wallpaper factories in Benicia & San Francisco. #VictorianPaperedWallThis tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.
Bruce taught himself to silkscreen while working at wallpaper factories in Benicia and San Francisco. Before long, he began crafting his own Victorian wallpapers in the evenings and weekends at the studio in Benicia and established a mail-order business. #VictorianPaperedWallThis tweet was posted on October 05, 2022.
Burges preferred wall paintings to wallpaper; nevertheless, he designed several papers. Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers’ (@BradburyWalls) High Victorian Gothic room set draws its inspiration from Burges’ imaginative medievalism. #victorianpaperedwall#wallpaperThis tweet was posted on January 19, 2022.
Can you imagine this beautiful wallpaper in your home? “#Zuber: The Art of French Scenic Wallpaper” is on display, pre-security in the International Terminal. https://t.co/NZaFPvu6YV #ZuberScenicWallpaper #MuseumFromHome#WallpaperWednesdayThis tweet was posted on September 02, 2020.
Can you imagine this beautiful wallpaper in your home? “#Zuber: The Art of French Scenic Wallpaper” is on display, pre-security in the International Terminal. https://t.co/NZaFPvu6YV #ZuberScenicWallpaper #WallpaperWednesdayThis tweet was posted on March 04, 2020.
Can you imagine this beautiful wallpaper in your home? “Zuber: The Art of French Scenic Wallpaper” is on display, pre-security in the International Terminal. https://t.co/NZaFPvu6YV #ZuberScenicWallpaperThis tweet was posted on September 13, 2019.
Chinese wallpaper certainly served as an inspiration for the French scenic #wallpaper that followed in the nineteenth century. Zuber et Cie’s Décor Chinois mimics Chinese wallpaper with its shallow perspective. #ZuberScenicWallpaperThis tweet was posted on December 05, 2019.
Christopher Dresser (1834–1904) realized a future in which high-quality design could merge with machine production. He enjoyed a prolific career, designing everything from wallpaper to furniture, metalwork, ceramics, and textiles. #victorianpaperedwall#wallpaperThis tweet was posted on July 27, 2022.
Eldorado (1849), one of the most popular scenic wallpapers created by #Zuber et Cie, showcases the continents of Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America through both natural scenery and stunning architectural elements. #ZuberScenicWallpaper #WallpaperWednesdayThis tweet was posted on March 04, 2020.
Eldorado (1849), one of the most popular scenic wallpapers created by Zuber et Cie, showcases the continents of Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America through both natural scenery and stunning architectural elements. #ZuberScenicWallpaper#MuseumFromHome#WallpaperWednesdayThis tweet was posted on September 02, 2020.
Eldorado (1849), one of the most popular scenic wallpapers created by Zuber et Cie, showcases the continents of Africa, Asia, Europe, and North America through both natural scenery and stunning architectural elements. #ZuberScenicWallpaperThis tweet was posted on September 13, 2019.
English designer William Morris created the original design for @BradburyWalls St. James wallpaper for Queen Victoria for St. James’s Palace. This time-lapsed video shows the wallpaper, which requires 17 different colors, being hand silk-screened. #victorianpaperedwall https://t.co/MVA6kMbKihThis tweet was posted on September 21, 2022.
Enjoy being an armchair traveler while learning more about "Zuber: The Art of French Scenic #Wallpaper." #Zuber’s Les Zones Terrestres (1855) takes the viewer around the globe—including a trip to a glacial sea, Switzerland, Algeria, Bengal, and Canada. https://t.co/NZaFPvu6YV This tweet was posted on July 08, 2020.
French wallpaper manufacturers drew freely from prints created by Western travelers and artists in the 19th century of Indian landscapes and architecture to create panoramic papers. English pottery manufacturers also drew from these prints. #ZuberScenicWallpaper#MuseumFromHomeThis tweet was posted on March 18, 2020.
From 1875–80, Burges designed his own home, the Tower House in London, in the Gothic Revival style. Burges incorporated figurative scenes in his heavily ornamented designs, conjuring myths, medieval romances, and animal fables. #victorianpaperedwall#wallpaperThis tweet was posted on January 19, 2022.
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. #VictorianPaperedWall#wallpaper#WallpaperWednesdayThis tweet was posted on October 26, 2022.
Hand silkscreened in Benicia, California, the Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers (@BradburyWalls) presented in this exhibition are Victorian-era room sets that feature both wall and elaborate ceiling papers. https://t.co/zqCl6PmNEN #victorianpaperedwall#wallpaperThis tweet was posted on October 08, 2021.
Herter Brothers’ holistic approach included designs for furniture, wall and ceiling decoration, and floor treatments. One wallpaper featured a design of peacock feathers; another fill paper and frieze exhibited floral and animal motifs on a dark background. #VictorianPaperedWallThis tweet was posted on May 25, 2022.
If there are several colors on one leaf in a scenic #wallpaper, each color is applied with a separate woodblock by hand. Printing blocks were created in layers in order to prevent the blocks from warping. #ZuberScenicWallpaperThis tweet was posted on October 23, 2019.
In 1979, Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers first catalog featured twelve hand-silkscreened period wallpapers. In 1981, Bruce moved into the studio where Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers still resides today, in Benicia, CA. #VictorianPaperedWall#wallpaperThis tweet was posted on October 05, 2022.
In 1981, Bruce moved into the studio where Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpapers (@BradburyWalls) still resides today, a nineteenth-century former U.S. Army arsenal in Benicia, California. #VictorianPaperedWallThis tweet was posted on November 17, 2021.
In 2005 when Bradbury & Bradbury Art Wallpaper founder Bruce Bradbury retired, Stephen Bauer and his wife Lisa took over the company. Bauer, a gifted illustrator, began apprenticing at @BradburyWall in 1982 at the young age of nineteen. #victorianpaperedwallThis tweet was posted on December 03, 2021.