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Elizabeth Gaskells House

Michael Crick Smith

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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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