This article examines wallpaper use in Canada from the beginning of cylinder printing in 1860 to 1935. Statistics reveal that the value of wallpaper within Canada grew steadily during this period, before declining precipitously during the 1930s. Canada’s four major factories achieved dominance in their home market by producing low-to-middle grade wallpaper at affordable prices. This paper documents this achievement and explores its significance, centering on a key compilation of primary and secondary sources. From this compilation, costs and patterns of trade are extracted in order to show Canadian development against the backdrop of wallpaper history. Partial comparison to Canada’s chief competitor and trading partner, the United States, i...
Wallpaper’s spread across trades, class and gender is charted in this first full length study of the...
Articles: L'impact des innovations technologiques sur la vie quotidienne des Québécoises du début du...
Exhibition Notes, Number 21, Spring 2003. In the 18th century, European and American interiors wer...
This article examines wallpaper use in Canada from the beginning of cylinder printing in 1860 to 193...
This paper describes Japanese wallpaper exported to Canada (and other Western nations) beginning in ...
Wallpaper gained a foothold in the United States around 1750 yet the methods used to install it have...
Kitchen wallpaper is a relatively modern development. The types of images that we associate with kit...
It is over twenty years since the journal carried material on wallpaper, so the article opens with a...
This article outlines the history of decorative wall treatment and deals in detail with the discover...
What we know of the manufactured textiles that were usually the largest single category in colonial ...
The past ten years have seen remarkable advancements of gypsum wallboard as an interior finish. In 1...
It has long been argued that pulp and paper industrialists – especially Americans – could count on t...
Les anciens objets en verre sont difficiles à documenter en raison de leur fragilité, de l'absence d...
This dissertation is a rigorous investigation of the photo-mechanical processes developed by William...
Our project is a detailed history of paper. We cover a plethora of things; from its inception, up un...
Wallpaper’s spread across trades, class and gender is charted in this first full length study of the...
Articles: L'impact des innovations technologiques sur la vie quotidienne des Québécoises du début du...
Exhibition Notes, Number 21, Spring 2003. In the 18th century, European and American interiors wer...
This article examines wallpaper use in Canada from the beginning of cylinder printing in 1860 to 193...
This paper describes Japanese wallpaper exported to Canada (and other Western nations) beginning in ...
Wallpaper gained a foothold in the United States around 1750 yet the methods used to install it have...
Kitchen wallpaper is a relatively modern development. The types of images that we associate with kit...
It is over twenty years since the journal carried material on wallpaper, so the article opens with a...
This article outlines the history of decorative wall treatment and deals in detail with the discover...
What we know of the manufactured textiles that were usually the largest single category in colonial ...
The past ten years have seen remarkable advancements of gypsum wallboard as an interior finish. In 1...
It has long been argued that pulp and paper industrialists – especially Americans – could count on t...
Les anciens objets en verre sont difficiles à documenter en raison de leur fragilité, de l'absence d...
This dissertation is a rigorous investigation of the photo-mechanical processes developed by William...
Our project is a detailed history of paper. We cover a plethora of things; from its inception, up un...
Wallpaper’s spread across trades, class and gender is charted in this first full length study of the...
Articles: L'impact des innovations technologiques sur la vie quotidienne des Québécoises du début du...
Exhibition Notes, Number 21, Spring 2003. In the 18th century, European and American interiors wer...