A la Ronde Symposium - '‘Our new paper hangings’: Women and wallpaper in eighteenth-century Britain'
- Published:
- 10 December 2024
On 11th July 2024 we held our Symposium, entitled ‘Female Craft and Design in the Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries’. Held at Reed Hall, University of Exeter, we invited a wide range of people to share stories about A la Ronde and how it connects to the wider world. This paper '‘Our new paper hangings’: Women and wallpaper in eighteenth-century Britain' was presented by Professor Clare Taylor, as part of the panel 'Decorative historic interiors and material histories'.
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‘Our new paper hangings’: Women and wallpaper in eighteenth-century Britain
Clare Taylor presented her paper '‘Our new paper hangings’: Women and wallpaper in eighteenth-century Britain' at the A la Ronde symposium 2024.
Biography: Clare Taylor
Clare Taylor is Professor of Art History and Material Cultures at The Open University. Prior to joining the Open University, she lectured at Middlesex and Bucks Universities and held curatorial positions in Manchester, Aberdeen, South Wales and for English Heritage.
Clare is a specialist in the historic interior and the author of The Design, Production and Consumption of Eighteenth-Century Wallpaper in Britain (Routledge, 2018). She has contributed journal articles and book chapters on interiors, ranging from Chinoiserie to studies of eighteenth-century wallpaper trades.
In 2020 she was awarded a Mid-Career Fellowship by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art for her research project ‘Gilt Leather Rooms: Decorating with Gilt Leather hangings in Britain c.1600-c.1800’, the subject of her forthcoming monograph.
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