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Bitten By Witch Fever: Wallpaper & Arsenic in the Nineteenth-Century Home

By Lucinda Hawksley
Hardcover
$45.00
By Lucinda Hawksley
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The shocking story of a deadly trend in Victorian wallpaper design, illustrated by beautiful and previously unseen arsenic-riddled designs from the British National Archives

In Germany, in 1814, Wilhelm Sattler created an extremely toxic arsenic and verdigris compound pigment, Schweinfurt green–known also as Paris, Vienna, or emerald green–which became an instant favorite amongst designers and manufacturers the world over, thanks to its versatility in creating enduring yellows, vivid greens,...

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