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A History of the County of Middlesex
… Abraham Price (d. 1756), the first manufacturer of wallpaper in England, and Rawson Aislabie (d. 1806), a former …
Survey of London
… the whole of the upper walls with an old pictorial wallpaper. Decorators' schemes such as these, characterized …
Survey of London
… Grosvenor House (18078). In the later eighteenth century, wallpaper, as a cheaper and daintier background material, was …
Survey of London
… taste in interior decoration which included a dark, bold wallpaper of peacocks, the use of black in the colour scheme …
An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in City of York
… as the Tapestry Room, the oak panelling, discovered under wallpaper in 1897, dates from the first half of the 17th …
Survey of London
… at No. 24 shows the florid detailing and aesthetic wallpaper typical of the development (Plate 82a). The houses …
Survey of London
… any panelling which existed originally had given way to wallpaper by the end of the century. In 1797 J. Duppa …
Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840
… Battie). 176271: Various ledger payments for chairs, bed, wallpaper. Total 131 6s. [Leeds archives dept, …
Dictionary of Traded Goods and Commodities
… and wainscot was extensively used to panel rooms before WALLPAPER provided an attractive alternative. However, …