April, 1912 AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 126 
covered with a hand-painted 
decoration, now too worn and 
tarnished to bear  photo- 
graphic reproduction. It rep- 
resents landscape with water- 
falls and a variety of natural 
scenery. These hand-paint- 
ings were the forerunners of 
landscape paper in our coun- 
try. In the very earliest days 
the walls of the log-cabin 
were left in a state of nature, 
save as the chinks between 
the logs were stopped with 
clay. When sawmills became 
common and houses were 
boarded outside and plast- 
ered within, a coat of white- 
wash for walls and ceiling 
was their usual decoration. 
After the whitewash failed 
to satisfy the growing esthetic 
sense of the home-makers, 
the fashion turned to queer 
stenciled effects, and then to 
hand - painted decorations. 
The earliest examples of this 
were simple repetitions of 
some favorite—a rose, a 
poppy, a violet, or a pink. 
in her own home with similar From these it was but a step 
landscape paper. She sent = : _. to the reproduction of “the 
a skilled designer to Salem Early wall-paper, showing influence of the Empire style human form divine.” Then 
purposely to obtain a copy, came the complete landscape, 
and then had the model reproduced by a well-known artist. with its scenic presentations of nature, and then they were 
In the hallway of the houselast mentioned, the walls are ready to appreciate the real merits of the landscape paper. 
harmonious passing from 
sowing to cutting the hay, 
from haying to reaping the 
harvest, from harvesting to 
the falling of the snow and 
the echo of sleigh bells. 
Scenes along a French boule- 
vard belong to the same time 
as the scenes from Paris. 
The Pantheon at Rome is 
very accurately represented, 
as are various cathedrals, 
and even the Alhambra. 
Sometimes the natural scen- 
ery consists of mere fancy 
sketches, repeated as a unit 
of design. Such a paper was 
to be found until recently on 
the walls of the Lindell- 
Andrews house in Salem, 
built in 1740. It had four 
different scenes from nature, 
rich in foliage, all in tones of 
sepia, repeated in order 
about the room. A lady 
from Rhode Island was visit- 
ing at this house, and was 
consumed with admiration 
for this old paper. She de- 
termined to decorate a room 
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An old-time wall-paper, showing a pastoral design influenced by the classic spirit 
