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The Papered Wall

Editat de Lesley Hoskins
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 11 sep 2005
Drawing on extensive new research, this book traces the history of wallpaper from its beginnings around 1500 to the latest products of technology. From hand-painted Chinese panels to those used in contemporary homes, this readable volume contains 350 beautiful illustrations, most in full-color. Includes a useful care guide. Index.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780500285688
ISBN-10: 0500285683
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: 369 illustrations, 216 in colour
Dimensiuni: 222 x 305 x 23 mm
Greutate: 1.44 kg
Ediția:2 Rev ed.
Editura: Thames & Hudson
Locul publicării:United Kingdom

Notă biografică

Lesley Hoskins, former Secretary of the UK's Wallpaper History Society, is currently Specialist Curator at MoDA (The Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture, Middlesex University). Among her previous books are Living Rooms, The House Beautiful and Fiftiestyle.

Cuprins

1. Manifold Beginnings; 2. Flocks, Florals and Fancies: English Manufacture 1680-1830; 3. The China Trade: Oriental Printed Panels; 4. Luxury Perfected: The Ascendancy of French Wallpaper 1770-1870; 5. Arabesques and Allegories: French Decorative Panels; 6. Wide Horizons: French Scenic Papers; 7. An Ocean Apart: Imports and the Beginning of American Manufacture; 8. The English Response: Mechanization and Design Reform; 9. Proliferation: Late 19th-Century Papers, Markets and Manufacturers; 10. Unsteady Progress: From the Turn of the Century to the Second World War; 11. Post-war Promise: Pattern and Technology up to 1970; 12. Off the Shelf: Design and Consumer Trends since 1970; 13. Limited Editions: 1995 to today.

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Drawing on extensive new research, this book traces the history of wallpaper from its beginnings around 1500 to the latest products of technology. From hand-painted Chinese panels to those used in contemporary homes, this readable volume contains 350 beautiful illustrations, most in full-color. Includes a useful care guide. Index.