PRESERVATION OF WALLPAPERS AS PARTS OF INTERIORS

Documentation of the work on the Estonian Literary Museum
Number of wallpaper
layers:
Additional application(s):
1 layer
Ceiling-border: X
Chair-rail border:
Dado:
Corner-piece:
Other:
Measures of application(s): Width of ceiling-border: 6,5 cm
Description of
additional applications:
Method of production:
Description of the
wall scheme:
Border is block-printed with distemper colours. It depicts
blossoms of lilies in two colours (beige and blue) and various
palm-leaves. The paper is considerably thinner than the one
of wallpaper.
Block-printed
All four walls are covered with a light satin wallpaper from
the wooden floor moulding up to the border on the height of
ca 3,70 cm. The borders, that runs around the room, is
adhered underneath the a painted cornice. The border is then
succeeded by a historicist ceiling-painting. Besides walls, also
all three sides of 2 doors and a window are papered. Although
it is not seen anymore, wallpaper was slightly pasted over
a ceramic oven. The latter characteristic no longer exists,
since it was destoried, by an uninformed construction-worker.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Signs of
manufacturer/author:
Signs on lining:
Legend:
Bibliography/archive
sources:
Data/signs of
earlier restoration:
Not found
Thin paper adhered on wall sheet by sheet.
It is most probable that this room was used as a salon by
a Baltic-German family von Grote, who owned the building
until 1920. Starting from the end of the II World War this room
has been used as a storage for forbidden literature. Since it
needed to house hundreds of books, the room was filled with
bookshelves filling the space from floor up till the ceiling.
Before all the shelves could be removed from the room,
no-one knew, how much of the original wallpaper still excists.
There is no photographic evidence of this particular room.
Although wallpaper has not been restore before, one could
notice small repairs (wallpaper patches glued over damaged
spots, hints of retouching).
DESCRIPTION AND TESTING OF USED MATERIALS
Surfacematerials:
Paint:
Lacquer:
Distemper
Not lacquered
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