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The History, Patterns and Techniques of Wallpaper
Lesley Hoskins, Geert Wisse
ISBN: 9780500285688
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Thames & Hudson Ltd
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
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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. Innovation has been fuelled by technology (with developments such as multi…
The Papered Wall is the only international history of wallpaper, from its origins to today's digital and laser printing. This edition, published to coincide with a new vogue for using wallpaper, has been brought completely up-to-date with a new and fully illustrated chapter on recent trends and a thorough reworking of the invaluable reference section, which includes a guide to care and conservation.
| ISBN | 0500285683 | | Pages | 272 | | ISBN13 | 9780500285688
(What's this?) | | Volumes | 1 | | Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd | | Weight (grammes) | 1440 | | Imprint | Thames & Hudson Ltd | | Published in | London | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 300 | | Publication date | 12 Sep 2005 | | Width (mm) | 220 | | Library of Congress | NK3400.P37 | | Spine width (mm) | 23 | | DEWEY | 747.309 | | Academic level | Tertiary education, General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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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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