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Victorian Wallpaper Designs And Their History
Victorian Wallpaper Designs And Their History
Victorian Wallpaper Designs And Their History
Wallpaper is a decorative material that has been used in homes for centuries. In the Victorian era, wallpaper designs were particularly popular and are still admired and replicated to this day. These designs were a reflection of the tastes of the time and were often inspired by nature, art, and historical events. In this article, we'll explore the history of Victorian wallpaper designs and their enduring appeal.
The design of Louis Comfort Tiffany
Stained glass has been used in buildings and ornaments for over 1000 years, especially in Catherals and Churches. Louis Comfort Tiffany is the artist probably most associated with Art Nouveau objects.
Design Of Louis Comfort Tiffany
When was stained glass made? Stained glass has been used in buildings and ornaments for over 1000 years, especially in Catherals and Churches. One of the best known designers and artisans in this field is Louis Comfort Tiffany who designed and developed lighting products featuring stained and art glass at his studios in New York from the late 1800s.Tiffany is the artist probably most associated with Art…
Flooring and carpets
While flooring goes back thousands of years, it was only in the eighteenth century with the development of weaving looms of an industrial scale that carpets were beginning to be used on the floor.
Flooring and carpets
The practice of using stone as flooring goes back thousands of years but in the Middle Ages it began to be recorded that flags (or rushes) would be laid across the stone to sweeten the air when trodden upon, thus giving rise to the word ‘flagstone’ as a description of stone flooring. Sweet smelling herbs such as lavender, camomile, rose petals, daisies and fennel were added to disguise somewhat prevalent bad smells.
History of wallcoverings and wallpaper
The history of wallpapers and the earliest wallpapers used in Europe as early as the thirteenth century.
History of wallcoverings and wallpaper
The main method used to produce wallpapers until well into the nineteenth century was Block printing which gave a very high quality product. The size of pattern repeat was limited to the width of the paper and the weight of wood block that the printer could work with. The wallpaper was made up of 12 sheets of hand made paper pasted together to make strips long enough to go from the top to the bottom of the wall. Usually a blank margin…
The Origin of Mouldings
From the 16th century, 5 distinct orders were recognized whose origins come from Ancient Greece with some modifications by the Romans: Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and Composite.
The Origin of Mouldings
Decorative plaster mouldings and wooden mouldings originate from the Classical Order, one of the ancient styles of classical architecture, each having its own proportions, profiles and details and recognizable by the type of column used.
The Evolution of Curtains
Hand-made fabric hangings or curtains were often used on walls as decoration, or to divide up room spaces in grand country or town houses. They were also used around beds to stop drafts and aid privacy.
The Evolution of Curtains
The first drape or curtain probably hung at the entry of tent somewhere in a middle-eastern desert in the very early days of civilisation. The cloth gave some privacy but also, when wetted with water, provided some primitive air conditioning to temper the hot desert winds.
