Help wall paper, for walls..

[Mabs]

trying to find some really old wall paper, and its a sod cos "wall paper" + internet = no use

anyone know a trick to searching for it, or good places to look ?

possible cake to anyone who can help

 

[CorNokZ]

The cake is a lie!! You're not fooling me!!

 

[georgie]

um... wallpaper?





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wallpaper uk stores

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[eksdee]

Do you mean like actual wallpaper to buy or just images of wallpaper patterns?

If it's the latter try searching terms like 'wallpaper pattern' and add the words 'old', 'vintage', 'retro' or whatever. It would also help to add the names of patterns if you're looking for something specific, for instance searching 'damask wallpaper' returns stuff like:

 

[Edmond]

Try going to decorating stores websites, then searching for walpaper from their menu's

 

[Mabs]

yes i mean for actual walls

and its a specific old pattern, that i have no idea of name, source, age, or anything :/

so i assume its prob not widely available now, if at all, so dont think retailers prob have it, or at least a specialist one only

 

[Tom]

Try Google Goggles.

 

[Damini]

You can go to firms that will recreate wallpaper for you. Cost a bomb, I'm sure, but there you go. Fabrics in Time | Antique & Heirloom Wallpaper Reproduction

Post a pic - someone here might recognise it. Alternatively, scan these websites?

Vintage Wallpaper Patterns Original Antique Wallpaper Victorian

Rosie's Vintage Wallpaper unique source of vintage, antique wallpaper

Wallpaper - Decoration - Arts & Crafts Home

 

[DaGaffer]

yes i mean for actual walls

and its a specific old pattern, that i have no idea of name, source, age, or anything :/

so i assume its prob not widely available now, if at all, so dont think retailers prob have it, or at least a specialist one only

Have you got a picture of it? If so you could use something like tineye to find it.

 

[MYstIC G]

"wallpaper -desktop" used with search engine of choice

 

[Mabs]

sadly i dont have a pic of it, its been replaced

it was a thin sideways strip of the river thames in 1800s, black and white print, with all the building and boats and stuff, quite hard to describe


cheers for input folks, i shall poke around

 

[DaGaffer]

sadly i dont have a pic of it, its been replaced

it was a thin sideways strip of the river thames in 1800s, black and white print, with all the building and boats and stuff, quite hard to describe


cheers for input folks, i shall poke around

So, you have no picture of it, you don't know when or where it was made, or what it was called, and "its quite hard to describe".



Get off the internet. Go on, away with you.

 

[cHodAX]

Mabs is a glue sniffer, hanging wallpaper is just his cover for getting his hands on copious amounts of solvent!

 

[georgie]

Not sure how high you'd get sticking your head in a bucket of this:

 

[cHodAX]

Not sure how high you'd get sticking your head in a bucket of this:

Lets not get stuck on the details.

 

[Lamp]

Leading Fabric and Wallpaper Designers at Osborne & Little

 

[Ingafgrinn Macabre]

Wallpaper? Haven't used that since '93 or so....

thar... can make any design you like with a couple of those.

 

[GimmlyThe3rd]

Wallpaper? Haven't used that since '93 or so....

thar... can make any design you like with a couple of those.

Was gonna say the same, people still sell it???