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2016-09-13
Title
Bitten By Witch Fever: Wallpaper & A*senic in the Victorian Home
ISBN
9780500518380
Publication Year
2016
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Book Title
Bitten by Witch Fever: Wallpaper & Arsenic in the Victorian Home
Item Height
250mm
Author
Lucinda Hawksley
Publisher
Thames & Hudson LTD
Item Width
195mm
Item Weight
920g
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Bitten by Witch Fever traces the arresting story of the manufacture, uses and effects of arsenic in the 19th-century home, in particular, the pigments ingrained in popular wallpapers. Lucinda Hawksley reveals how pigments, such as Scheele's green and Schweinfurt green, were created using arsenic to produce more vibrant and durable dyes, which became instant favourites with wallpaper designers and householders alike. Drawing on contemporary case studies and reports in the press, she highlights how, by the middle of the century, manufacturers were producing millions of rolls of arsenical wallpaper, with devastating consequences for those working in their factories and for those living in rooms decorated with the deadly designs. The wallpaper sections display dazzling long-lost work from the great designers and printers of the age, including Christopher Dresser, Corbiere, Son & Brindle, Charles Knowles & Co., and Morris & Co. - whose owner was famously dismissive of the fatal effects of living with arsenic-laden wallpapers.

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Thames & Hudson LTD
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9780500518380
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Book Title
Bitten by Witch Fever: Wallpaper & Arsenic in the Victorian Home
Author
Lucinda Hawksley
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2016
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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250mm
Item Width
195mm
Item Weight
920g

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Lucinda Hawksley
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    Great book full of amazing source pictures. Great research into the history of arsenic in the home too!

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