Wallpaper History Society

References

Publications

  • Some back issues of the Wallpaper History Review are available.

Bibliography

A list of recommended texts on the history of wallpaper.

  • Charlotte Abrahams, Wallpaper: The Ultimate Guide (Published: 04 Sep 2009)
  • Crace, John Gregory, The Crace Papers: Two Lectures on the History of Paperhangings, 1839 (Foreward & Comments by A.V. Sugden & E. A. Entwisle, 1939)
  • Lachlan Blackley, Wallpaper (Paperback: Oct 2006)
  • Brittain-Catlin, T, Audas, J, Stuckey, C, The Cutting Edge of Wallpaper (Black Dog Publishing, 2006)
  • Entwisle, E.A., A Literary History of Wallpaper (Batsford, London 1960)
  • Entwisle, E.A., The Book of Wallpaper: A History and an Appreciation (Kingsmead Reprints, Bath, 1970)
  • Hoskins, L. [ed], The Papered Wall: the History, Patterns and Techniques of Wallpaper (Thames & Hudson London 2005)
  • Koldeweij, E., The Marketing of Gilt Leather in Seventeenth-century Holland (Print Quarterly, XIII, 1996.)
  • Kosuda-Warner, J., Landscape Wallcoverings (Scala, London; Cooper-Hewitt New York, 2001)
  • Kosuda-Warner, Joanne, Kitsch to Corbusier: Wallpapers from the 1950s (exhibition catalogue, Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum, Smithsonian Institution, New York, 1995)
  • Lynn, C., Wallpaper in America from the Seventeenth Century to World War I (Norton, New York, 1980)
  • Nouvel-Kammeerer, O., Wallpapers of France 1800-1850 (Zwemmer, London; Rizzoli, New York 1981)
  • Nouvel-Kammerer, O., French Scenic Wallpaper, 1795-1865 (Paris 1990; English ed. 2000)
  • Nylander, R.C., et al, Wallpaper in New England (SPNEA, Boston, 1986)
  • Nylander, R.C. Wallpapers for Historic Buildings (The Preservation Press, Washington D.C.,1992)
  • Oman, C.C., and Hamilton, J., Wallpapers: A History and Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum (London 1982)
  • Parry, Linda, ed., William Morris (Philip Wilson Publishers in association with the Victoria & Albert Museum, 1996)
  • Rosoman, T., London Wallapers: Their Manufacture and Use 1690-1840 (London 1992)
  • Saumarez Smith, Charles, Eighteenth-Century Decoration: Design and the Domestic Interior in England (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, London, 1993)
  • Saunders, G., Heyse-Moore, D., Keeble,T. Walls Are Talking. (The Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester & KWS Publishers. 2010 )
  • Saunders, G., Wallpaper in Interior Decoration (London 2002)
  • Schoeser, Mary, Sanderson: The Essence of English Decoration, (Thames & Hudson 2010)
  • Sugden, A.V., and Edmondson, J.L., A History of English Wallpaper; 1509-1914 (Batsford 1926)
  • Thibaut-Pomerantz, Carolle, Wallpaper: A History of Style and Trends.(Flammarion.2009)
  • Teynac, L., et al, Wallpaper: A History (London 1982)
  • Wells-Cole, A., Historic Paper Hangings from Temple Newsam and Other English Houses (Temple Newsam Country House Studies No. 1, Leeds 1983
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AVAILABLE BOOKS  ABOUT WALLPAPER

We received the following email from Sue Bell (30th August 2010)

Please ring the telephone number below if you are interested in acquiring these books.

I write on behalf of Chester Save the Children Shop, where we have in our
possession the following volumes:

 Potters of Darwen – a century of wallpaper printing by machinery by Sugden
and Entwisle 1939.

 WPM – the pattern of a great organisation, the Wall paper Manufacturers
Limites 1949

We wondered if they might be of interest to your department.  Perhaps they
are too recent or you have copies already?

If they should be of interest please let me know at this address or via
01244 671095/01244 318265 and I shall arrange to forward the books to you.

Yours sincerely,

Sue Bell

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FOR SALE FROM BOOKSELLER:

A History of English Wallpaper 1509 -1914 edited by Sugden, Alan  & John Edmondson

We have recently acquired a book which may be of interest to you. 

SUGDEN, Alan Victor and John Ludlam EDMONDSON.  A History of English
Wallpaper 1509 -1914 With 70 Plates in Colour and 190 Illustrations in
Half-Tone. Batsford. London. [1925]   [our ref. 30045]
First edition. DW. 1925. Large 4to. 281pp. incl. index and references.
Coloured tipped-in frontis + 69 tipped-in coloured plates, all on grey
hand-made paper and 190 b/w plates. Top edge gilt, others uncut. Fine in
wallpaper-like wrapper. The whole presented in a matching clam shell box
which is rubbed and worn but sound. A lovely item.    £300.00 

Contact me for further information or see our booklist on
http://www.hay-on-wyebooks.com
Kind regards, Marion Kramer

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Hay-on-Wye, HR3 5SG