Recommended Reading

Books

“The Paper-Hanger’s and Upholsterer’s Guide”, James Arrowsmith, T. Dean and Son, London, 1851.
“Practical Paperhanging”, A.S. Jennings, Comstock, NY, 1892
“The Expert Paper Hanger”, by A.A. Kelly, David McKay, Philadelphia, 1912.
"Historic Wall-Papers", by Nancy McClelland, Lippincott, Philadelphia, 1924.
“Wallpaper and Wallpaper Hanging”, by C.L. Young, Century, NY, 1926.
"Wallpaper in America", by Catherine Lynn, Norton, NY,1980.
"Historic Paper Hangings" by Anthony Wells-Cole, Leeds, UK, 1983.
"Wallpaper in New England", Richard Nylander, et al., SPNEA, Boston, 1986.
The essays bring Boston paperstaining to life.
"Wallpaper For Historic Buildings", by Richard Nylander, Preservation Press, Washington, 1992.
Second edition with information on over 1000 designs.
"French Scenic Wallpaper, 1795-1865", ed. by Odile Nouel-Kammerer, Flammarion, Paris, 2000.
"Fabrics and Wallpapers for Historic Buildings", by Richard C.
and Jane C. Nylander, hardcover, John Wiley & Sons, 2005.
Joins two classics into one volume.
"The Papered Wall", edited by L. Hoskins, 2nd edition, Thames & Hudson, NY, 2005.

Articles of Interest

"Wallpaper Documentation and Reproduction at Adena: The Worthington Estate," , Neal Hitch and Cheryl J. Lugg of the Ohio Historical Society, APT Bulletin: The Journal of Preservation Technology: 33 (2002), No. 2/3
"The Removal and Conservation Treatment of a Scenic Wallpaper, Paysage à Chasses, from the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site," by Patricia and James Hamm, Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, Vol. 20, No. 2, Conservation of Historic Wallpaper (Spring, 1981), pp. 116-125
"The Reinstallation of an 1830's Zuber Scenic Wallpaper at the Martin Van Buren National Historic Site," by James Hamm, AIC Book and Paper Group Annual, V. 7, 1988
"Investigation, Analysis, and Authentication of Historic Wallpaper Fragments Investigation", Frank S. Welsh, Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, Vol. 43, No. 1 (Spring, 2004), pp. 91-110
"'An Object Lesson to a Philistine Age': The Wall Paper Manufacturers' Museum and the Formation of the National Collections", Christine Woods, Journal of Design History, Vol. 12, No. 2 (1999), pp. 159-171,
Background on Historic Wallpaper Types (by Adelphi Paperhangings)
"Nancy Vincent McClelland (1877-1959): Professionalizing Interior Decoration in the Early Twentieth Century" by Bridget May, in Journal of Design History, Vol. 21, No. 1, (Spring, 2008), pp. 59-74
"Wallpaper with Netting", by Linda Whitehead, Old House Journal (Sept/Oct, 1991). About the technique of covering plank walls with paperhanger's canvas.
"How Green Was My Valance", by P. Bartrip, English Historical Review, Sept. 1994. About arsenic in the home furnishing industry in England.
"The Battle of Austerlitz: Scenic Wallpaper: New Dating and Old Politics", by Sabine Thummler, Studies in the Decorative Arts, V.4, No. 2. (1997). A dissection of the iconography of the paper.
"Jean-Baptiste Reveillon: A Man on the Make in Old Regime France", by Leonard Rosenband, in French Historical Studies, Vol. 20, No. 3. Much detail about his interactions with workers, fellow tradesmen, and the public
"Between Invention and Production: The Role of Design in the Manufacture of Wallpaper in France and England (1799-1801)" , by Christine Velut, Journal of Design History, V.17, No. 1. (2004), 55-69.
"Imagining America in 1834", by Rob Emlen, Winterthur Portfolio 32:2/3, 1997. A comparison of the images in Zuber's "Scenic America" with the sources, mostly the artwork of Milbert.