PRESERVATION OF WALLPAPERS AS PARTS OF INTERIORS

Introduction
Methods of wallpaper production have been described
in Werkbuch des Dekorateurs. Eine Darstellung der gesamten
Innendekoration und des Festschmuckes in Theorie und Praxis, by
Ferdinand Luthmer, 21 and in Wallpapers in France. 1800–1850,
by Odile Nouvel. 22 Historic mounting methods used from the
18th century to the present have been described by Robert M.
Kelly. 23 Intriguing material on the use of papers and pigments in
wallpaper production has been compiled from historical sources
by Catherine Lynn. 24
The discussion of conservation terminology is based on
two charters, the Venice Charter (1964) 25 and the Burra Charter
(1999). 26 Philosophical and theoretical issues related to interior
and architectural preservation are discussed in History of
Architectural Conservation, by Jukka Jokilehto, 27 and Conservation
of Historic Buildings and their Contents, edited by David
Watt and Belinda Colston. 28 Deeper insight into the principles
of wallpaper preservation is provided by articles written by
Andrea M. Gilmore, 29 Catherine L. Frangiamore 30 and Richard
C. Nylander. 31 Various principles of wallpaper reconstruction
are discussed in detail by Jean-Baptiste Martin. 32
21
Ferdinand Luthmer, Werkbuch des Dekorateurs. Eine Darstellung der gesamten
Innendekoration und des Festschmuckes in Theorie und Praxis (Stuttgart: Union
Deutsche Verlagsgesellschaft, 1897).
22
Odile Nouvel, Wallpapers in France, 1800–1850 (New York: Rizzoli, 1981).
23
Robert M. Kelly, “Historic Paper-hanging Techniques: A Bibliographic Essay”,
The Wallpaper Scholar Blog, accessed January 18, 2013,
http://www.wallpaperscholar.com/docs/HistoricPaperhangingTechniques.pdf.
24
Catherine Lynn, “Colors and Other Materials of Historic Wallpaper” in JAIC Online
Volume 20, Number 2, Article 3 (1981), accessed January 18, 2013,
http://cool.conservation-us.org/jaic/articles/jaic20-02-003_indx.html.
25
International Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and
Sites – The Venice Charter 1964.
26
The Australia ICOMOS Charter for Places of Cultural Significance – The Burra
Charter 1999, http://www.heritagecouncil.ie/fileadmin/user_upload/IWTN_2012/
BURRA_CHARTER_1999.pdf.
27
Jukka Jokilehto, Arhitektuuri konserveerimise ajalugu (Tallinn: Eesti Kunstiakadeemia,
2010).
28
David Watt and Belinda Colston, ed., Conservation of Historic Buildings and Their
Contents. Addressing the Conflicts (Shaftebury: Donhead Publishing Ltd., 2010).
29
Andrea M. Gilmore, “Wallpaper and Its Conservation – An Architectural Conservator’s
Perspective” JAIC Online (1981), accessed January 18, 201,
http://cool.conservation-us.org/jaic/articles/jaic20-02-005_indx.html
30
Catherine L. Frangiamore, Wallpapers in Historic Preservation (Washington D.C.:
Technical Preservation Services Division, Office of Archeology and Historic
Preservation, National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1977).
31
Richard C. Nylander, Wallpapers For Historic Buildings., 1992.
32
Jean-Baptiste Martin, “Wallpaper Reconstructions in Historic Interiors: Balancing the
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