Adelphi Paper Hangings Wallpaper

Adelphi paper hangings has successfully reproduced papers which date from the 1740s through the 1920s using original documents that range from an entire wall s worth of antique wallpaper to a modest box of scraps still attached to chunks of plaster.

Adelphi paper hangings wallpaper. Needless to say hanging wallpaper printed with distemper bound with animal hide glue requires experience skill and precision. Custom reproduction is an exacting process. The production process. It contains the same basic ingredients but rather than animal hide glue a specially formulated modern binder has been substituted.

This project started in 1996 when chris ohrstrom co owner of adelphi offered to set up the program and enlisted one the museum s interpreters wendy weeks to head the project. Adelphi paper hangings toggle navigation. Adelphi paper hangings toggle navigation. I joined the following year.

Have questions about wallpaper home décor our custom wallpaper printing strike offs color matching or pattern reproduction. Founded in 1999 adelphi paper hangings is a small artisanal producer of historically accurate block printed wallpapers for museums and historic institutions as well as for period designers and those involved in contemporary design projects. Contact us using the form here. In addition to our selection of wallpapers we also.

This binder makes the wallpaper much less sensitive to moisture and. Before the formation of adelphi paper hangings in 1999 we were the american paperstaining manufactory a wallpaper printing demonstration program at the farmers museum in cooperstown new york. Pristine samples of historic papers do occasionally turn up but in most cases the documents are fragmented faded and damaged. Adelphi paper hangings toggle navigation.

Because of the many difficulties associated with hanging and maintaining true distemper wallpapers adelphi has developed its own ersatz distemper formula. Many of our vintage wallpaper borders are designed as a compliment to our historic wallpaper patterns we d love to help you find the perfect match. Adelphi paper hangings toggle navigation.