Bangla Walpaper Biography
In contrast to the brightly colored flocked and floral patterned wallpapers, New Englanders frequently selected classical architectural pillar and arch designs printed en grisaille to decorate the stair halls and formal parlors of their elegant homes. These grand spaces could easily accommodate the large repeat of the patterns (some measure almost 48 inches high) and when installed would create a double-tiered colonnade across the wall. The popularity of pillar and arch papers printed by both English and later by American paper stainers is attested to by the variety of designs found throughout New England. Variations of the pillar and arch design were hung in the Josiah Quincy House, Quincy, Massachusetts, in Sparhawk Hall, Kittery Point, Maine and in the Timothy Johnson House in North Andover, Massachusetts.
