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BITTEN BY WITCH FEVER
WALLPAPER & ARSENIC IN THE VICTORIAN HOME |
| By: |
Lucinda Hawksley |
| Format: |
Hardback |
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£30.00 |
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£21.90 |
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£8.10 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0500518386 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780500518380 |
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Currently 5 available |
| Publisher: |
THAMES & HUDSON LTD |
| Pub. date: |
11 October, 2016 |
| Pages: |
256 |
| Description: |
Presents facsimile samples of 275 of the most sumptuous wallpaper designs ever created by designers and printers of the age, including Christopher Dresser and Morris & Co. In this title, interleaved with the wallpaper sections is a commentary that guides you through the story of the manufacture, uses and effects of arsenic. |
| Synopsis: |
"As to the arsenic scare a greater folly it is hardly possible to imagine: the doctors were bitten as people were bitten by the witch fever." (William Morris on toxic wallpapers, 1885). Bitten by Witch Fever presents facsimile samples of 275 of the most sumptuous wallpaper designs ever created by designers and printers of the age, including Christopher Dresser and Morris & Co. For the first time in their history, every one of the samples shown has been laboratory tested and found to contain arsenic. Interleaved with the wallpaper sections, evocative commentary guides you through the incredible story of the manufacture, uses and effects of arsenic, and presents the heated public debate surrounding the use of deadly pigments in the sublime wallpapers of a newly industrialized world. |
| Illustrations: |
350 illustrations, 250 in colour |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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