Period Wallpaper?
I discovered this wallpaper, only in a small strip, underneath some wood panel-mimicking-a-handrail thing by the staircase. Wondering if anybody can tell what time period it is from. It kind of looks like it was preserved by the strip of wood it was beneath while the rest of the wall had it removed. The wall…
I discovered this wallpaper, only in a small strip, underneath some wood panel-mimicking-a-handrail thing by the staircase. Wondering if anybody can tell what time period it is from. It kind of looks like it was preserved by the strip of wood it was beneath while the rest of the wall had it removed. The wall is sheetrock so it’s not as old as I hoped, but it still seems vintage to me? wishful thinking maybe? not sure.
perhaps we should have a widget with dates?
Is the texture from the cross hatching, or is it just decorative? I still say early ’70s.
I didn’t see texture – it looked like ink cross-hatching to me.
Isn’t there a Met. expert here?
Yeah, the reason I say 70’s are those small lines that look like texture. Textured wallpaper = extremely 70’s and usually vinyl. And there was an art nouveau revival kinda then… I think? I keep thinking of fern bars for some reason.
It looks like a 1970s revival of Art Nouveau.
the paper has some texture to it, like you can feel the ink/paint lines. The paper seems thin.
I believe the house was built around the turn-of-the-century.
it seems to be on top of a layer of sheetrock which I dont think started until the 20’s? I’m not sure…
I’m just not seeing any 1970’s-ness in this wallpaper.
I thought Montrose would know exactly what it was at a glance! Anyway, my thought is that it looks somewhat like some of the wallpapers my parents had in their Jersey City brownstone in the late ’40s, and I think they renovated when they married and bought the place in 1948.
It looks like the 70’s fabric-backed vinyl stuff to me. Ebay has given my own house quite a few examples of that.