Fragment of green verditer paper
Wallpaper
late 18th century (made)
late 18th century (made)
| Artist/Maker | |
| Place of origin |
This paper comes from the Great Drawing Room at Burton Constable Hall (near Hull, in East Yorkshire). Large areas of verditer were discovered behind pier glasses in 1999 when the room was being treated for dry rot. The current wallcovering is a 19th century silk, applied over the verditer paper. The former is to be re-instated.
Blue and green verditer (also known as Bremen blue and Bremen green) are pigments derived from copper carbonate which were developed in the 18th century and were widely used in the late 18th, and 19th centuries for wallpapers. Both are impermanent and toxic.
Blue and green verditer (also known as Bremen blue and Bremen green) are pigments derived from copper carbonate which were developed in the 18th century and were widely used in the late 18th, and 19th centuries for wallpapers. Both are impermanent and toxic.
Object details
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| Object type | |
| Title | Fragment of green verditer paper |
| Materials and techniques | Paper coloured with green verditer pigment (precipitated hydrated copper carbonate), pasted on to hessian |
| Brief description | Fragment of green verditer paper from Burton Constable Hall. Late 18th century. |
| Physical description | Fragment of green verditer paper with strips of buff paper attached on the back , all stuck to a piece of hessian. A series of nail holes along two edges of the hessian, and other holes tears etc along one edge of the verditer paper. |
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| Credit line | Given by Dr David Connell, Burton Constable Foundation |
| Object history | This paper comes from the Great Drawing Room at Burton Constable Hall. Large areas of verditer were discovered behind pier glasses in 1999 when the room was being treated for dry rot. The current wallcovering is a 19th century silk, applied over the verditer paper. The former is to be re-instated. |
| Historical context | Blue and green verditer (also known as Bremen blue and Bremen green) originated in the 18th and were widely used in the late 18th, and 19th centuries for wallpapers. Both are impermanent and toxic. |
| Summary | This paper comes from the Great Drawing Room at Burton Constable Hall (near Hull, in East Yorkshire). Large areas of verditer were discovered behind pier glasses in 1999 when the room was being treated for dry rot. The current wallcovering is a 19th century silk, applied over the verditer paper. The former is to be re-instated. Blue and green verditer (also known as Bremen blue and Bremen green) are pigments derived from copper carbonate which were developed in the 18th century and were widely used in the late 18th, and 19th centuries for wallpapers. Both are impermanent and toxic. |
| Collection | |
| Accession number | E.439-1999 |
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| Record created | October 16, 1999 |
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