kurt Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 1879 house. I don't think this is original, but honestly, I don't know. It's stenciled with hand painted highlights and details. Anyone know anything about this stuff? Click to Enlarge 23.69 KB Click to Enlarge 41.61 KB Click to Enlarge 46.18 KB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Les Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 beautiful stuff. I don't know of any particular line of coverings that were intended to be hand enhanced. Like a "paint by number"? There were two companies I remember that had paintable patterns in the '20's : Waverly and I believe John Seven of Toronto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted April 7, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Maybe it's all stencil and/or lithographic process. Some of it sure looked hand done though. I've never seen anything like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad Fabry Posted April 7, 2015 Report Share Posted April 7, 2015 Thibaut made a lot of murals. They started in the 1880's Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted April 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 I've had the chance to go back and take a 2nd look. It might even be silk screening of some sort. There are some tears and minor damage so I could get a look at the paper. It's really old paper and adhesive. Old. I can't imagine it would be 1879 old, but its old. It really is quite remarkable. This stuff is not like anything I've ever seen. The pictures don't do it justice. House's been jacked back and forth in deals for the last 30 years and finally went to foreclosure. Nobody knows nothing and I'm not that jacked to tunnel in and do that much research on it. I'll let the customers; I think they're going to buy it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Morrison Posted April 8, 2015 Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 About 20 years ago I almost bought the cheapest home in a very expensive town. The house was very old, needed a lot of work, and wound up being more than I could have reasonably taken on. It had something similar on the dining room walls. I was looking forward to stripping the walls and painting them because I thought the murals were ugly. Someone who knew a little about art and history bought the house and recognized the murals as something of value. Turns out they'd been painted by some famous muralist or other. I read an article in the local paper that they preserved the plaster while renovating the house to the great relief of the local historical society. Not sure if there's any real value in the walls in your photo, but it could be art worth saving. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kurt Posted April 8, 2015 Author Report Share Posted April 8, 2015 My advice was save it. For sure save it. I know a conservator at the SAIC. We're gonna bring them in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hausdok Posted November 5, 2015 Report Share Posted November 5, 2015 Something is niggling at the back of my mind, I'm certain I've heard/read about this somewhere but right now it's like the Titanic - too deep to reach. Maybe it will come to me in the middle of the night when I'm sound asleep. It's amazing how many times I recall stuff that way. ONE TEAM - ONE FIGHT!!! Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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