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Art Papers

These papers are gorgeous re-creations of historic patterns to conjure up a feeling of days past. Most often these papers are installed in historic residences to harken back to more fanciful times.

Art Papers

These papers are gorgeous re-creations of historic patterns to conjure up a feeling of days past. Most often these papers are installed in historic residences to harken back to more fanciful times.

Buena Vista Victorian, San Francisco

Buena Vista Victorian, San Francisco

Master bedroom installation of the B.J. Talbert room set from Bradbury and Bradbury. This master bedroom had a wonderful double cove where we were able to deconstruct the pattern in order to make the turns. 

Buena Vista Victorian, San Francisco

Buena Vista Victorian, San Francisco

Details of the degree to which the paper had to be deconstructed. This level of deconstruction allows the paper to be manipulated into the curviest of coves. Here Joel shows how each square is installed. 

Paul Duchscherer, interior designer, historian, author, once said, "You could wallpaper the inside and outside of a basketball!"

Buena Vista Victorian, San Francisco

Buena Vista Victorian, San Francisco

Corner detail of B.J Talbert room set. Each element was deconstructed in order to make these corners and turns. 

Buena Vista Victorian, San Francisco

Buena Vista Victorian, San Francisco

Installation of Bradbury and Bradbury elements by Amy in the B.J. Talbert Roomset. 

Buena Vista Victorian, San Francisco

Buena Vista Victorian, San Francisco

Bradbury and Bradbury Marigold. 

Buena Vista Victorian, San Francisco

Buena Vista Victorian, San Francisco

Bradbury and Bradbury Havana with a little Phillip Jeffries gold leaf on the ceiling. 

McDonald Mansion, Santa Rosa

McDonald Mansion, Santa Rosa

Turkish Parlor, installation of Bradbury and Bradbury Persian Roomset.

McDonald Mansion, Santa Rosa

McDonald Mansion, Santa Rosa

The Turkish parlor ceiling has over 1,300 pieces of wallpaper installed within its 10 tiers.

McDonald Mansion, Santa Rosa

McDonald Mansion, Santa Rosa

Map room, featuring Neo-Grec wallpaper from Bradbury and Bradbury and a Herter Brothers ceiling. 

McDonald Mansion, Santa Rosa

McDonald Mansion, Santa Rosa

This pattern was woven at the turn versus a traditional miter. When done this way the pattern has a more natural continuous flow.

Bradbury pattern: Kelmscott Frieze

McHenry Mansion, Modesto

McHenry Mansion, Modesto

Heidi installing in the children's room, the Herter roomset. You'll see this ceiling pattern again in the Legion of Honor (below).

Legion of Honor, San Francisco

Legion of Honor, San Francisco

Wallpaper installation as part of The Cult of Beauty exhibition. 

Legion of Honor, San Francisco

Legion of Honor, San Francisco

Interactive installation within the Rodin gallery, as part of The Cult of Beauty exhibit. Heidi and crew dressed in period costume for the opening day of the exhibit.

Legion of Honor, San Francisco

Legion of Honor, San Francisco

Finished Bradbury and Bradbury panel for The Cult of Beauty, in the Rodin gallery. 

Legion of Honor, San Francisco

Legion of Honor, San Francisco

Joel and Heidi install the debut of The B.J. Talbert room set as part of The Cult of Beauty exhibit. Bradbury and Bradbury chose this exhibit as the place to introduce this beautiful aesthetic paper. On the right of this installation you can see a sample of the original Talbert paper. 

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