Bitten by Witch Fever

The shocking story of a deadly trend in Victorian wallpaper design, illustrated by beautiful and previously unseen arsenic-riddled designs from the British National Archives

Bitten by Witch Fever by"Lucinda Hawksley"

'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.

Bitten by Witch Fever
By:"Lucinda Hawksley"
Published on 2016-09-20 by

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Ebook Title : Bitten by Witch Fever

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ISBN_13 Code : 9780500518380

ISBN_10 Code : 0500518386

Book Print Type : BOOK

Rank : 27 for keyword iphone hd wallpapers

Book Author :"Lucinda Hawksley"

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Book Pages Count : 256

Print Type : BOOK

Book's Categories :"Design"

Books Language : en

Text to Speech Access : ALLOWED

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