HISTORY OF PERIOD WALLPAPER (PART ONE) | Regency Renovation | Build with A&E

In this video as part of our Regency Renovation Project, Lena from Lincrusta Heritage talks about the history of period wallpaper. She shares her in depth knowledge of vintage wallpaper design and in particular Lincrusta, Lignomur and Anaglypta. Lena also explains the significance of Dr Christopher Dresser, an important interior designer in period decoration, whose work featured in the property.

Helena Brazil researches and consults on the history and restoration of Lincrusta and embossed raised relief wall-coverings. She is also a student at the University of Lincoln studying for a PhD in the history of Lincrusta and the other embossed raised relief wall-coverings of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

She can be contacted via email at [email protected] or through her website www.lincrustaheritage.co.uk

Her thesis, Lincrusta-Walton 1877 -1887: The Development, Design and Character of Lincrusta-Walton, can be read here: http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprin...

Brazil, Helena (2018) Lincrusta-Walton 1877 -1887: The Development, Design and Character of Lincrusta-Walton. Masters thesis, University of Lincoln.

For more information on Dr. Christopher Dresser, be sure to read Sara J. Oshinsky's essay: Oshinsky, Sara J. “Christopher Dresser (1834–1904).” In Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2000–. http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/cdrs... (October 2006)

Images of Christopher Dresser's work used in this video are in the public domain and featured on The Metropolitan Museum of Art's website: https://www.metmuseum.org/

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THE HISTORY OF PERIOD WALLPAPER (PART ONE) | Regency Renovation | Build with A&E