PRESERVATION OF WALLPAPERS AS PARTS OF INTERIORS

Introduction
Although the objects differed from each other in several
ways, they did have common properties. In contrast to the
modern perception of wallpaper as an ephemeral industrial
product, the given objects can be considered valuable objects.
They were all wall covers that needed to be treated to enable
their preservation in interiors. In addition, efforts were made to
stress the decorative value of most of them. The most relevant
preservation decisions are described in separate case studies
and compared to each other in Chapter 5. The objects define
the temporal borders and structures of the two chapters that
deal with the history and production of wallpapers, as well as
methods of mounting.
A thorough case study illustrated with photos has been compiled
for each research object. The theoretical part of each case study
consists of the history of the object, its condition and an analysis
of the decisions made during the conservation process.
To complement the analysis of the objects, a number of
other wallpaper conservation projects carried out by other
conservators in Estonia, Finland, Croatia and Germany will be
briefly discussed as well.
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