PRESERVATION OF WALLPAPERS AS PARTS OF INTERIORS

PART I: Wallpapers in historic interiors
and how to approach them
Introduction 13
Choice of topic 20
Conservation task and its aims 21
Objects of research 22
Structure of the thesis 24
Historiography and sources 26
1. Types of wallpaper and the historic
decorative schemes of interiors 31
1.1. Early wallpapers 34
1.2. Wallpaper in 18th-century interiors 38
1.3. Wallpaper in 19th-century interiors 58
1.4. Wallpaper at the beginning of the 20th century 76
1.5. Wallpapers in Estonian interiors 77
1.6. Conclusion 104
2. Methods of wallpaper production
and mounting 107
2.1. Preparing the paper base 110
2.2. Methods of printing 111
2.2.1. Stencilling 111
2.2.2. Block printing 114
2.2.3. Flocking 116
2.2.4. Surface printing 118
2.2.5. Embossing 122
2.3. Materials used for production 123
2.3.1. Paper 123
2.3.2. Pigments and paint 124
2.4. Historical methods of mounting wallpapers 127
2.5. Conclusion 136
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