{"id":436,"date":"2014-06-16T19:48:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-16T19:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/16\/fabrics-and-wallpapers-textile-cousins-2\/"},"modified":"2014-06-16T19:48:00","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T19:48:00","slug":"fabrics-and-wallpapers-textile-cousins-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinnamonstudio.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/fabrics-and-wallpapers-textile-cousins-2.html","title":{"rendered":"Fabrics and Wallpapers; Textile Cousins"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n
\nWallpaper: A Textile Cousin<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nWhen I lecture about various categories of textiles I
\nfrequently  use an analogy of a family
\ntree.  So, let\u2019s say the nuclear family
\nis apparel and apparel fabrics, furnishing fabrics for curtains and bed and
\nbath linens.  These are the most common
\ntextiles and immediately familiar to us. 
\nNext in the family might be carpets and rugs.  Another branch might be ethnic cousins, including costumes.  Also there are textiles for industrial
\nuses.  Further along the family line
\nmight be basketry and cordage.  After
\nall they are made from animal and vegetable fibers and are made with similar
\ntechniques.  One important, although
\ndistant cousin, is paper.  Vegetable
\nfibers (originally cotton, paper mulberry, breadfruit and others) are pulped.  Unlike papyrus manufacture where the fibers
\nare laid parallel to each other to create a smooth surface, paper is a mass of
\nfibers prepared in a mold, heat and pressure are used to provide a smooth
\nsurface area.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nThe history of wallpaper is an interesting one.  From my files I found an article (Early
\nAmerican Life, Feb., 1980) in which Richard Nylander spoke of the use of
\nwallpaper in the 18th<\/sup> and 19th<\/sup> centuries.  Mr. Nylander was the curator at SPNEA, the
\nSociety for the Preservation of New England Antiquities, of which I was a
\nmember while living in New England.  A
\nsample of wallpaper from a house built in the early 1700\u2019s was in the
\ncollection but this wall treatment did not become popular until later in the
\ncentury except among the very wealthy.<\/div>\n
\n Early paper was made
\nentirely from rag, as wood pulp was not in use until 1850.  Sheets of paper were formed in a mold (like
\nhand-made paper is today) , the molds being approximately 2×3 feet.  When dry the sheets were pasted together to
\nform rolls, which were then printed.  It
\nhad been thought that early papers were printed and sold in small pieces and
\nthen pasted to the walls. Printing was done using wooden blocks, exactly as
\nfabric was printed at that time, with separate blocks for each color or design
\nelement.  <\/div>\n
\nFlocked paper was very popular and was created by the
\napplication of wool fibers onto glue surfaces. 
\nBorders were also popular and ranged from 2 to 12 inches deep,
\noccasionally designed specifically to accompany a certain paper pattern.<\/div>\n
\nContinuous roller printing replaced block printing (again,
\nas in textile production). Hand-printing with wood blocks in a single color can
\nproduce 25-30 rolls of paper per day while machine printing can produce 25
\nmiles of paper.<\/div>\n
\nWith the substitution of wood pulp in mid 19thC and
\nmass  marketing, the cost of  production was significantly lowered and
\nthis interior design element was available to most households in America.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nI wrote of the design work of William Morris in
\nFebruary.  Morris designed over 40
\nwallpapers, and several ceiling papers. Morris stressed “wallpaper is only a
\npart of a decorative scheme and must be looked at it the context of the other
\ncolours and forms\u201d.<\/div>\n
\n(William Morris: D\u00e9cor and Design, Elizabeth Wilhide, Harry
\nAbrams, NY, 1991)<\/div>\n
\nMorris\u2019 designs have been reproduced along with many other
\ndesigners and offer a view into interior design of other periods. .  By including period wallpapers in the
\nexamination of textiles of the same period one is invited into the parlors,
\nimportant buildings in a more comprehensive exploration of the interior design
\nof the time.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\nIn Liberty Style I mentioned the designer C.V.A.
\nVoysey.  His work, following Arts and
\nCrafts style, and preceding Art Nouveau, produced unique design.  He is, notably, one of the most successful
\ndesigners of not only textiles, but also wallpapers, of his time.<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n

<\/p>\n

\n  According to Gill
\nSaunders (Fabrics and Wallpapers ; Sources, Design and Inspiration,  Barty Phillips Little, Brown & Co).
\nwriting the foreword for the volume, \u201cWallpaper has always been a poor relation
\nin any history of interiors\u2026.this book establishes clearly the mutual
\ndependence of wallpapers and textiles.\u201d 
\nIndeed it does.  The chapters
\ninstruct on texture, color and patterns & designs.  <\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n
\n<\/a><\/div>\n
\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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