PRESERVATION OF WALLPAPERS AS PARTS OF INTERIORS

Task of conservation. Case studies
5.5. ESTONIAN LITERARY MUSEUM, TARTU
5.5.1. History of the building
Figure 153. The Estonian Literary Museum in Tartu.
Reproduction from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/
File:Vanemuise_42,_Tartu_2011.jpg.
The current building of the Estonian Literary Museum was
erected on a plot formerly belonging to the Tähtvere manor. The
grounds of the manor were put on sale in the second half of the
19th century. In 1885 a plot was bought by the Tartu city physician
Georg Weidebaum, who planted a garden on it. In March
1894, the property changed hands again and it was bought by
Marie von Grote (born Stael von Holstein), the second wife of
Rittmeister Nicolai von Grote, the owner of the Kaagjärve and
Karula manors.
The luxurious Neo-Renaissance building was erected by
Reinhold Ludwig Ernst Guleke (1834–1927).
It had impressive and representative interiors decorated
with elements which most likely derived from product catalogues
from Riga and St. Petersburg. The von Grotes moved
into their new home in 1895. During the Estonian War of Independence
in 1919, the family left for Germany and the house
was sold to Johann Post. Up to 1923, the building was used as
rented premises by the Fraternitas Estica corporation and the
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