FREE delivery to all EXCLUSIVE BOOKS stores nationwide. FREE delivery to your door on all orders over R450. Excludes all international deliveries.

Bitten By Witch Fever

Lucinda Hawksley

    Product form
      FORMAT: Hardback
      YOU COULD EARN 0 FUTURE RETAIL DISCOUNTS.

      This product is either out of print or out of stock. Add it to your wishlist and we will automatically let you know if it comes back into stock. Add to Wishlist

      ESTIMATED DELIVERY: Back-order only, ETA unknown but significant delays
      BUY NOW PAY LATER
      From R 0.00 per month!
      3x monthly payments of R 0.00 with
      4x fortnightly payments of R 0.00 with

      This product is either out of print or out of stock. Add it to your wishlist and we will automatically let you know if it comes back into stock. Add to Wishlist

      Format:

      Winner: Best Trade Illustrated Book, British Book Design & Production Awards 2017 ‘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. Chosen by Emma Roberts and Karah Preiss for their Belletrist Book Club's Gift Guide.
      CONTRIBUTORS: Lucinda Hawksley EAN: 9780500518380 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 920 g HEIGHT: 250 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Thames & Hudson Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2016-10-20 CITY: GENRE: DESIGN / Interior Decorating WIDTH: 195 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      History of art

      Customer Reviews

      Be the first to write a review
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      Lucinda Hawksley is the author of three biographies of Victorian artists: Lizzie Siddal,Kate Perugini (née Dickens) and Princess Louise. She also writes about art history, socialhistory, literature and the life and works of her great-great-great-grandfather CharlesDickens. Lucinda is a Pre-Raphaelite and Aestheticism expert and a regular lecturer atthe National Portrait Gallery in London.

      Format:

      Winner: Best Trade Illustrated Book, British Book Design & Production Awards 2017 ‘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. Chosen by Emma Roberts and Karah Preiss for their Belletrist Book Club's Gift Guide.
      CONTRIBUTORS: Lucinda Hawksley EAN: 9780500518380 COUNTRY: United Kingdom PAGES: WEIGHT: 920 g HEIGHT: 250 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Thames & Hudson Ltd DATE PUBLISHED: 2016-10-20 CITY: GENRE: DESIGN / Interior Decorating WIDTH: 195 cm SPINE:

      Book Themes:

      History of art

      Customer Reviews

      Be the first to write a review
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      0%
      (0)
      Lucinda Hawksley is the author of three biographies of Victorian artists: Lizzie Siddal,Kate Perugini (née Dickens) and Princess Louise. She also writes about art history, socialhistory, literature and the life and works of her great-great-great-grandfather CharlesDickens. Lucinda is a Pre-Raphaelite and Aestheticism expert and a regular lecturer atthe National Portrait Gallery in London.

      Recently viewed products

      Login

      Forgot your password?

      Don't have an account yet?
      Create account