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Element
Scheme Number
All Joinery Wall faces Cornices Ceiling bed
Later modern schemes notshown.
Scheme 10 later C20th Off-white alkyd oil paint Lost wallpaper scheme belowpicture rail. Off white alkyd oil
paint above.
Off white alkyd emulsion paint Lining paper with off white alkyd emulsion paint
Scheme 9 post 1950 (alkydpaint)
Off-white alkyd oil paint Lost wallpaper scheme below
picture rail. Off white alkyd oil
paint above.
Off white alkyd emulsion paint Lining paper with off white alkyd emulsion paint
Scheme 8 early C20th Off-white lead oil paint 7thpaper; grey and cream art decodesign.
Off white lead oil paint Lost ceiling paper scheme
Scheme 7 (c.1900) Cream zinc based oil paint 6thpaper; green art nouveau.Produced c.1890/ early C20th.
Cream zinc based oil paint Lost ceiling paper scheme
Scheme 6 (pre 1897)Shown in historicphotograph.
Pale blue lead oil paint 5th paper; Green foliate patterned
wallpaper (William Morris Willow
Bough?) In 1897 photograph.
Cream lead oil paint with blue/
green oil paint picking out
Embossed paper as seen in 1897 photograph.
Possible over painted.
Scheme 5 (c.1880s)(After Williams death)
Mid grey/ green oil paint with
varnish applied over it.
4thpaper; Cream and grey floral
design (the red border may also be
of this period.) Produced 1870/90.
Pale cream oil paint with pale
blue oil paint picking out
Pale cream lead oil paint
Scheme 4 (1860s)Later E. Gaskell period.
Cream lead oil paint. (No
gilding.)
3rdpaper; Ochre, grey and cream
design. Produced 1860/70.
Cream lead oil paint (no gilding) Cream lead oil paint
Scheme 3 (1850s)Early E. Gaskell period.
Cream lead oil paint with
gilded mouldings.
2ndpaper; Ochre, black and cream
fleur de lys. Produced 1840/60.
Cream and pale grey lead oil
paints with gilding (some
retained from previous schemes)
Cream lead oil paint
Scheme 2. Not a truescheme but a refresh ofscheme 1.
Cream lead oil paint with
varnish applied over it.
Repeat of scheme 1, some
retouching.
Scheme 1 wallpaper retained. No redecoration . Scheme 1
retained (heavy dirt layer)
Pale cream lead oil paint
Scheme 1 (c.1835)Earliest scheme.
Cream lead oil paint with
varnish applied over it.
1stpaper; Ochre coloured gothic
print. Produced 1830/50.
Pale cream lead oil paint with
gilding
Pale cream lead oil paint
Substrate Softwood Lime plaster Fine plaster Lime plaster
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The location of samples 8 and 10 from
the Drawing Room
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