The Papered Wall
The History, Patterns and Techniques of Wallpaper
Edited by Lesley Hoskins
With texts by Geert Wisse
Anthony Wells-Cole
Gill Saunders
Bernard Jacqué
Véronique de Bruignac-La Hougue
Odile Nouvel-Kammerer
Richard C. Nylander
Joanna Banham
Christine Woods
Joanne Kosuda Warner
Sabine Thümmler
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Wallpaper is high fashion again, literally so in the wallcovering ranges launched by Gucci in 2003 and Benetton, via CWV, in 2004. This is the only international history of the subject from its origins to today’s digital and laser printing.
Innovation has been fuelled by technology (with developments such as multi-coloured lithographed dry rub-off transfers), by environmental concerns and by the need for a perfect design antidote to white-walled minimalism.
The Papered Wall has been brought completely up to date with a new and fully illustrated chapter on recent trends. The invaluable reference section has been thoroughly reworked, and includes suppliers of historic patterns and collections open to the public.
Complete with a guide to care and conservation, this is a timely, informative and stimulating record of wallpapers for every use, market and taste.
Lesley Hoskins is Specialist Curator at The Museum of Domestic Design & Architecture, Middlesex University, and a freelance writer, lecturer and curator in the field of 19th- and 20th-century interiors and wallpapers.
Also of interest:
The Way We Live: Making Homes/Creating Lifestyles
The Well-Worn Interior
Wonderful Wiener Werkstätte: Design in Vienna 1903–1932 |
|  |  | | | | New and expanded edition | | ISBN 0500285683 | | ISBN-13 978-0500285688 | | | | 30.0 x 22.0 cm | | Paperback with flaps | | 272pp | | 369 illustrations, 216 in colour | | First published 2005 | | | | £19.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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