TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hawksley,Lucinda
TI  - Bitten by witch fever: wallpaper & arsenic in the Victorian home 
SN  - 9780500518380 (hbk.) :
U1  - 747.3'09'034 23
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London
PB  - Thames & Hudson
KW  - Wallpaper, Victorian
KW  - Health aspects
KW  - Arsenic
KW  - Toxicology
KW  - House and Home
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 'Bitten by Witch Fever' is a highly original and captivating volume that interleaves facsimile sections of alluring, arsenic-laden wallpapers with thought-provoking narrative, tracing the arresting story of the use and effects of the toxic pigments ingrained in popular wallpapers of the 19th century. Lucinda Dickens Hawksley presents the history of Scheele's green and schweinfurt green, pigments created using arsenic, which produced the vibrant shades whose brilliance made them instant favourites with wallpaper designers and householders alike. With the aid of contemporary case studies and reports in the press, she reveals how, by the middle of the century, manufacturers were producing millions of rolls of arsenical wallpaper, with devastating consequences for those working in their factories and for those living in rooms decorated with the deadly designs
ER  -