Historic Wallpaper Specialties

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="02c285a1erlcgo.png"> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFFBF0" FACE="Arial" ><B> Home  </B></FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>  </B><B> </B></FONT><A HREF="zuber_wallpaper.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Zuber Wallpaper Installation Specialist"><U><B>Jim's Profile</B></U></A><B>  </B><B>  </B><B> </B><A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reproduction Wallpaper Installation Spec"><U><B>Specialties</B></U></A><B>    </B><A HREF="historic_house_museum_wallpaper_projects.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Historical Wallpaper Portfolio"><U><B> Portfolio</B></U></A><B>     </B><A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Historic Wallpaper Resources"><U><B>Historic Wallpaper Resources </B></U></A><B>    </B><A HREF="id25.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Reproduction Wallpaper Installation Spec"><U><B> Contact Jim</B></U></A><B>  </B></div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#CCCCFF" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <div> <B>Welcome to</B></div> <div> <B>Historic Wallpaper</B></div> <div> <I><B>Specialties</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Designed to assist in the conservation and installation of reproduction wallpapers</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="33562ef0.jpg" border=0 width="354" height="239" ALIGN="RIGHT" HSPACE="4" VSPACE="4"></B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Masterpaperhanger Jim Yates,</B></I><FONT SIZE="6" COLOR="#000080" FACE="Edwardian Script ITC" ><I><B> </B></I></FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000080" FACE="Arial" ><I><B>a student of historic wallpaper, offers archival conservaton and installation services of historic wallpapers for historic house museums and private restorations.  Conservation and installation services also include French scenics and Chinese murals.    </B></I></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Having studied period paperhanging techniques and adopting conservation technology into the craft of paperhanging, Jim strongly believes that historic work is a craftsmen's greatest challenge.  And that once the wallpapers are in hand, it's the paperhanger's task to animate paper and ink so that a replication of the past can be brought to life.  </div> <bR> <div> Jim's specialization in the historic house is founded on the realization that having an original document reproduced is a very serious and expensive venture. And that, once installed, period rooms are intended to last indefinitely . With that in mind, these projects are approached with two goals in mind. </div> <bR> <div> First, if period  rooms are intended to be handed on to future generations, longevity is the bottom line. And to guarantee that longevity, Jim uses only conservation quality adhesives and acid free liners.   </div> <bR> <div> Secondly, to compliment the reproduction of an original wallpaper with the reproduction of the original paperhanging techniques, regardless of how crude when compared to contemporary techniques.  Jim feels historically accurate paperhanging methods not only renders an original looking room but confronts and educates the public with just how "they hung it back then". </div> <bR> <div> So, whether hanging wallpaper on stretched muslin over planks in a rugged Colorado miner's cabin or on plaster walls in the elegant  Blue Room of the White House, his craftsmanship is the finest. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>                       </B></div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>Most recent projects</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>1. </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id54.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Spiegel Groove: Home of President Ruterf"><U><B>Spiegel Groove</B></U></A></FONT><B>, Home of President Rutherford B. Hayes</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="56505c40.jpg" border=0 width="261" height="196" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Work in Progress</B></div> <div> <B>Projected finish date: Feb 2012</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>1. </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="id53.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Montpelier"><U><B>Montpelier</B></U></A></FONT><B>: </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B>Home of James Madison</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <B>November 2010</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="55922980.png" border=0 width="290" height="152" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>2. </B><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="historic_wallpaper_at_the_mount_pleasant_house.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Historic wallpapers at Mount Pleasant"><U><B>Mount Pleasant</B></U></A></FONT><A HREF="historic_wallpaper_at_the_mount_pleasant_house.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Historic wallpapers at Mount Pleasant"><U><B>:</B></U></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000099" FACE="Arial" ><B> Located across the James River from Jamestown & Colonial Williamsburg</B></FONT></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="historic_wallpaper_at_the_mount_pleasant_house.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Historic wallpapers at Mount Pleasant"><U><I><B><IMG SRC="53448b10.jpg" border=0 width="328" height="177" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>As a service for those in quest of reproduction wallpaper our </B></I><A HREF="links.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Historic Wallpaper Resources"><U><I><B>Historic Wallpaper links</B></I></U></A><I><B> not only offers an extensive list  of suppliers but also provides links to professionals associated with the historic wallpaper industry.</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Jim welcomes questions pertaining to reproduction wallpapers or installation</B></I><I> </I><I><B>techniques..</B></I></div> <bR> <div>                                                          Email Jim at:  <A HREF="mailto:Hiswallpaperspec@aol.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:Hiswallpaperspec@aol.com"><U>Hiswallpaperspec@aol.com</U></A></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>