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National Wallpaper Expert Robert M. Kelly to Present Two Talks on Historic Paper Hangings
November 16, 2013 |
Portland, Oregon – October 1, 2013 Bolling & Company, local purveyor of rare antique wallpapers, is proud to bring internationally prominent wallpaper installer and researcher Robert M. Kelly to Portland for two fascinating talks. Based in Lee, Massachusetts, and known online as The Wallpaper Scholar, Robert is a passionate, entertaining paperphile who brings a totally unique perspective to enjoying the ubiquitous yet often under-appreciated interior design traditions of wallpaper.
Following the "Paper" Trail of Henry W. Corbett – Wallpaper in the Oregon Territory, 1857-1858, 10am, Saturday, November 16th, 2013, Architectural Heritage Center, 701 SE Grand Avenue, Portland
Members: $10
General Public: $15
Tickets & Event Details
Seating is limited - early ticket purchase is strongly recommended
In late 1857, before Oregon was even a state, leading Portland pioneer and merchant Henry W. Corbett placed an order for close to 7,000 rolls of wallpaper from the Croton Mfg. Company of New York. Loaded aboard the clipper ship “Ocean Express” (built in 1854), it took 124 days to reach San Francisco around the Horn. And that was just the beginning of its journey...After discovering a rare record of this remarkable transaction in the Warshaw Collection at the Smithsonian Institution, wallpaper installer and researcher Robert M. Kelly began piecing together the stages in this early mercantile supply chain, revealing the untold story – presented here for the very first time – of wallpaper distribution in the antebellum Pacific Northwest, from printing in East Coast factories through shipment and distribution to retailers throughout the Oregon Territory, to installation in the wood-frame cabins and more substantial residences of the region.
Wallpapering the White House: The Inside Story
3:30pm, Saturday, November 16th, 2013
Bolling & Company, Second Floor in Rejuvenation, 1100 SE Grand Avenue, Portland
General Public: $10
Tickets & Event Details
Seating is limited - early ticket purchase is strongly recommended
Wallpaper is enjoying a resurgence of interest and creativity today, from humble ranches to the high-style homes of the celebrity elite. But you'd be hard-pressed to find a more important address than 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.
Join Robert M. Kelly, paperhanger to seven Presidents and one First Lady (admittedly, not all of them alive at the time), as he takes us from his own blue-collar beginnings to the Blue Room, and get a glimpse of the backstory of wallpaper along the way.
This presentation will explore some of the public and private rooms of the White House, reveal the paper treasures that hang on its oft-redecorated walls, recount stories of hard-won successes and near disaster, and even pass on a few tricks of the trade for hanging wallpaper in oval rooms – in case yours is the same shape as the President's. Don't miss this one-time event.
About Robert M. Kelly
Born the second of ten children in an Irish Catholic family in working-class Pittsfield, Massachusetts, Robert M. Kelly attended the U.S. School of Professional Paperhanging in 1977 at the age of 27, launching a 35-year career as a professional installer.
By 1986 Robert was specializing in installing antique and reproduction wallpaper, and parlayed this into a scholarly approach to wallpaper and paperhanging. His work has taken him from Andrew Jackson's Hermitage to the Blue Room of the White House and beyond.
Robert has just released his monograph “The Backstory of Wallpaper: Paper-Hangings 1650-1750” to critical acclaim. He lives in Lee, Massachusetts, and often writes about historic wallpaper. He can be found online via his website and blog at http://wallpaperscholarblog.blogspot.com/.
About Bolling & Company
Founded by architectural historian and designer Bo Sullivan, Bolling & Company is an exceptional resource for interior designers and homeowners alike, presenting rare and stunning examples of museum-quality American wallpapers from the 1880s through the 1930s, mounted as one-of-a-kind wall décor on modern panels or framed as heirloom artwork.
Each singular piece reveals and reinterprets an extraordinary example of original wall treatments rarely seen outside of institutions like the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum and the Victoria & Albert Museum. The Bolling & Company gallery is located, together with Arcalus Period Design, on the second floor in the Rejuvenation showroom.
Bolling & Company
www.bollingco.com
Open By Appointment
Contact: Bo SullivanOn the Second Floor in Rejuvenation
bo@bollingco.com
1100 SE Grand Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97214
Phone: 503-467-4135
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701 SE Grand Ave
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