The backstory of wallpaper: paper-hangings, 1650-1750

Contents

Rediscovering wallpaper -- Antecedents -- Printed, painted, or stained -- Papillon and his drawings -- The paper-hangings trade -- Wallpaper shopping -- 'Where there is a wall' -- Paperhanging -- Installers -- Leather hangings -- Chinese scenics and flock damasks -- Papier-maché, early print rooms, screens -- Pounds, shillings, pence -- The American colonies -- Canada and the North American wholesale trade -- Bringing the backstory forward.