Wallpapers of the Victorian Era
Details:
- Author(s) Entwisle, Eric A
- Publication type Monograph
- Year published 1964
- Pages 55pp + 48 plates
- Publisher F Lewis
- Place Published Leigh on Sea
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Library:
- Name British Library
- City London
- County Greater London
- Country England
- Postcode NW1 2DB
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Notes:
Deals with design aspects but giving insights into the industry and individuals designers / firms. Chapters include: 'Mawer Cowtan and J C Crace'; 'Critics of wallpaper design'; 'Two Great Exhibitions, 1851, 1862'; 'Manufacturing processes and working conditions'; 'Wallpaper novelties'; 'Pioneer paperstainers'; 'William Morris and later designers'; 'Rosamund M Watson and C F A Voysey'; 'Fin de siècle and Art Nouveau'; 'France and other countries'. Touches on Cowtan & Sons; John G Crace & Son; Thomas Bromwich; Wm Woollams & Co; Jeffrey & Co; William Morris; C F A Voysey; etc