PRESERVATION OF WALLPAPERS AS PARTS OF INTERIORS

Documentation of the work on the Estonian Literary Museum
since is the most vulnerable to damage caused by humidity.
If too much dust accumulates on the surface of the wallpaper,
it needs to be cleaned with soft brushes.
If there might be any problems maintaining the wallpaper,
contact a conservation specialist.
LOCATION OF OBJECT:
Building:
Floor:
Room:
Wall/ceiling:
Location on wall/ceiling:
Layers:
Dismounted by and when:
Estonian Museum of Literature, Eesti Kirjandusmuuseum
(Vanemuise 42, Tartu)
First floor
Salon / storage-room for forbidden literature
Wall
Wallpaper covers all four walls of the room from floor
moulding up to the height of 3,75 cm. It is topped with a
10 cm wide border.
I layer
Not dismounted
Reasons for dismounting: –
Remounted by and when: –
Method of remounting: –
DESCRIPTION OF A LARGE-SCALE FRAGMENT
OR A WALLPAPER PRESERVED IN INTERIOR:
Measures of wallpaper
sheet or strip:
Selvedge:
Size of pattern repeat:
Type of pattern:
Description of pattern:
Method of mounting:
Substrate of wall:
Adhesive used
for mounting:
Width of strip: 46,9 cm
Left one, no margins found
Ca 50 cm
Half-drop
Wallpaper has shimmering skin-toned background with
slight embossed texture. The pattern is formed by large red,
pink and yellow blossoms of pink and winding fine stems with
green leaves.
Wallpaper was adhered onto a layer of thin lining-paper,
that has been pasted straight onto the plastered wall.
The lower edge of the wallpaper is covered by a wooden
floor-moulding and the upper edge by a border.
Plastered brick-wall
Not known. Most probably an organic glue such as starch
paste.
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