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| Vues d'Egypte Stanton Hall |
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| Vues d'Egypte Stanton Hall |
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| panel at Landsdowne |
Go into many of the antebellum homes in Natchez and you'll find wallpaper so beautiful it defies belief. Stanton Hall, Monmouth, Dunleith, Landsdowne and others boast papers manufactured by the French company, Zuber, the only company in the world that still manufactures these hand-printed papers.
The paper depicts panoramic scenes of America and other exotic landscapes such as Egypt and China, architecture and pastoral subjects as well as repeating patterns of stylized flowers, people and animals.
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| Panel at Landsdowne |
According to the Zuber website, it could take as long as a year and as many as 50 men to apply 223 colors to 1,674 wood blocks to produce a complete set. The blocks were carved to leave various portions of the print raised. The paint was applied to the raised portions and then pressed against the fine linen rag paper so that only the raised portions left paint on the paper.
The 2011 forum is approved as a continuing education unit by the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID).
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Panel at Landsdowne
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