Bitten by witch fever
by Lucinda Hawksley · first published 2016
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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 narrative. It is tracing the arresting story of the use and effects of the toxic pigments ingrained in popular wallpapers of the nineteenth century. Hawksley presents the history of Scheele's green and schweinfurt green, pigments created using arsenic, which produced the vibrant shades whose brilliance made them instant favourites with wallpaper designers and householders alike. With the aid of contem
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Book recommendation: Bitten By Witch Fever[0], which covers the subject in a lot more depth. The format of the book is interesting; the chapters are divided by (reproduction) samples of period wallpaper. Unfortunately, those are printed on different…
on “A Library Handles a Rare and Deadly Book of Wallpaper Samples (2018)” ↗This article is no better than a back-cover summary of " Bitten By Witch Fever". Such a great and intriguing topic, and such a stilted article :/
on “Arsenic and Old Tastes Made Victorian Wallpaper Deadly” ↗