3x Walpaper 2013 Pics Images Photos Pictures

3x Walpaper Biography

Prior to 1750, few colonists in New England could afford to decorate their homes with wallpaper (or painted paper as it was called in the eighteenth century), and surviving examples from this period are rare. There is documentation that wallpaper was available as early as 1700 as evidenced by the inventory of a Boston bookseller which lists "7 quires of painted paper and three reams of painted paper."

Wealthy urban colonists could purchase "painted paper" (a translation of the French term papier peint) from stationers, book sellers and as a custom order from merchants who specialized in imported luxury goods. Wallpaper was an expensive decorative material, yet it was created as an affordable alternative to more costly wallcoverings

The most sumptuous wallcoverings in seventeenth-century Europe were leather, silk or wool damaskand Italian cut velvets. Early eighteenth-century English flocked wallpaper frequently imitated the latter. Flocked papers were quite striking because of their bright colors and large-scale foliate designs. An early flocked paper in Historic New England’s collection is an unused sample found in the attic of the house of stationer Thomas Hancock. This paper is believed to have hung in the parlor of the prosperous merchant’s 1737 Boston home. The vivid crimson color survives because the wallpaper was not continually exposed to sunlight or to smoke from the fireplace.

By the mid-eighteenth century floral patterns based on more common textile designs such as brocades and cotton chintzes had come to dominate the market. A neatly composed daisy-like sprig paper of 1760-1790 was found in a house in Ipswich, Massachusetts, installed over a later paper dating from 1810-1815. Were it not for the charge stamp (see below) found on the reverse, its English origin and earlier date would not be conclusive. Block printed black, green and white on a pinkground this type of simple floral pattern remained popular in New England into the mid-nineteenth century and has recently been reproduced. Historic New England’s collection contains several other examples of English hand-blocked floral wallpapers which were used as pamphlet covers and as trunk linings. Though their original use on walls is unknown, they serve as important documentation of eighteenth century color schemes

3x Walpaper 2013 Pics Images Photos Pictures

3x Walpaper 2013 Pics Images Photos Pictures

Popular Posts

Blog Archive

3x Walpaper 2013 Pics Images Photos Pictures

Next

Newer Post

Previous

Older Post