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Edith Wharton: Down with wallpaper!

Posted by: thehomesnob on: November 2, 2008

“It was well for the future of house-decoration when medical science declared itself against the use of wall-papers. These hangings have, in fact, little to recommend them. Besides being objectionable on sanitary grounds, they are inferior as a wall-decoration to any form of treatment, however simple, that maintains, instead of effacing, the architectural lines of [...]

Sites We Like: Wallpaper @ Historic New England

Posted by: thehomesnob on: October 28, 2008

Wallpaper fans, beware!  It’s not genteel to drool.  But you’ll be sorely tempted to do so when you visit Historic New England’s online wallpaper resource.
It’s worth a visit for the list of conservators, reproduction wallpaper manufacturers, suppliers, and historic wallpaper archives.  But that’s just the beginning.
There’s a reading list that will set you up for [...]