Wallpaper was a popular decorating item in Victorian Aspen. Shops advertised new shipments as soon as they arrived. Patterns and colors for decorating walls achieved as much attention as did fashions ...
insider.si.edu: Bitten by witch fever : wallpaper & arsenic in the Victorian home / Lucinda Hawksley
Bitten by witch fever : wallpaper & arsenic in the Victorian home / Lucinda Hawksley
The vibrant green pigments that 19th century artist William Morris used in the wallpapers he created for the Victorian bourgeoisie may have been slowly poisoning his well-to-do customers -- and he ...
Bold wallpaper can add visual interest and define spaces within a home. Three featured homeowners used unique wallpaper and murals to make statements in their houses. One Victorian home was updated ...
Berkshire Eagle: Egremont author's Victorian gothic thriller features deadly wallpaper and a classic unreliable narrator
Egremont author's Victorian gothic thriller features deadly wallpaper and a classic unreliable narrator
Publishers Weekly: Bitten by Witch Fever: Wallpaper & Arsenic in the Victorian Home
Historian Hawksley (Queen Victoria’s Mysterious Daughter) delivers an unnerving account of an unexpected killer in the elaborately decorated homes of Victorian England: arsenic-laced wallpaper. The ...
Hyperallergic: Death by Wallpaper: The Alluring Arsenic Colors that Poisoned the Victorian Age
Death by Wallpaper: The Alluring Arsenic Colors that Poisoned the Victorian Age
Beautiful to look at and compelling to read, this book is a highly original and captivating volume that interleaves facsimile sections of alluring, arsenic-laden wallpapers with thought-provoking ...
A new book by Thames & Hudson explores the lethal popularity of arsenic-based wallpapers in the 19th century. Wallpaper might be an interior design trend that is coming back into style, but no matter ...