{"product_id":"calimanco-forest-floor-cinnamon-wallpaper","title":"Calimanco, Forest Floor \/ Cinnamon Wallpaper","description":"\u003cp style=\"margin-bottom:0.6em;\"\u003eStacked fan-shaped figures inside diamonds of fine line run in even vertical channels through 'Norwich Calimanco', sourced from a length of glazed worsted, ca. 1750, in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Each element was hand-traced from the museum's photograph of the object to hold the stepped geometry the loom imposed on the wool. Wide ground between the channels gives a room vertical structure without weight, and the flowers read from across it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdetails style=\"margin:0;\"\u003e\n\u003csummary style=\"font-weight:bold;text-decoration:underline;cursor:pointer;margin:0;\"\u003eRead More...\u003c\/summary\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:1.2em;\"\u003eThe Source\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNorwich had wool and wanted silk money, so it engineered worsted cloth to catch the light.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThey combed long-staple wool straight, spun it tight, and finished the woven yards under heated rollers or rubbed the face down with a stone. Norwich weavers built the floral sprigs directly into the worsted grid on the loom, which is why the petals step along the warp and weft rather than curve smoothly.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result was an affordable, hard-wearing fabric that shed dirt and mimicked the luster of dress silk. Calimanco went into gowns, quilted petticoats, and men's waistcoats across England and the American colonies. When Defoe itemized the components of an ordinary countryman's suit—Yorkshire cloth, Berkshire lining, Devizes breeches—the waistcoat was callamanco from Norwich. It wore hard and sold in volume for a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrdinarily, a length went to a tailor, wore out, and was cut down a second time for a bedcover. Eight feet three inches came off a loom around 1750 and escaped that life entirely. The Metropolitan Museum of Art acquired the uncut length in 2017 with funds from the exchange of objects bequeathed by Alfred Duane Pell (accession 2017.268), alongside a matching second length (accession 2017.269).\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNobody cut it, so the whole pattern is still there. It is the pattern drawn here.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 style=\"margin-top:1.2em;\"\u003eThe Specifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSource:\u003c\/strong\u003e Length of wool Calimanco, ca. 1750, British, Norwich. Wool, woven. Overall 99½ × 19½ in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 2017.268 (not on view)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSecond example:\u003c\/strong\u003e Length of wool Calimanco, ca. 1750, British, Norwich. Wool, woven. Overall 97¾ × 19 in. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession 2017.269 (not on view)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReferences:\u003c\/strong\u003e Florence M. Montgomery, \u003cem\u003eTextiles in America 1650–1870\u003c\/em\u003e (Norton, 1984), pp. 185–187\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eThe Wallpaper\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003ch4\u003ePeel and Stick\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cp\u003eA self-adhesive paper with a linen-like texture. The texture shows through the print and gives the color a quiet movement, most noticeable across a full wall. It goes up without paste and comes down more easily when the room is ready for something new.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInstall:\u003c\/strong\u003e Peel and stick, no paste\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWalls:\u003c\/strong\u003e Smooth, clean, fully cured paint\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Rentals and rooms where paste-free installation or easier removal matters\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003ch4\u003eClay-Coated\u003c\/h4\u003e \u003cp\u003eA traditional unpasted paper with a smooth, soft matte finish. Color sits cleanly on the clay surface, so the finest lines of the pattern stay sharp. It gives a room the familiar finish of traditionally hung wallpaper.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInstall:\u003c\/strong\u003e Unpasted; paste is applied to the back of each panel before hanging\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Traditional installations, including full rooms and powder rooms away from direct water\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eStart with a sample. Tape it to the wall and live with it for a few days, in morning light and again in the evening. Watch how the color and surface settle into the room, then choose the paper you'll live with.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/details\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e©Vintage Botanica","brand":"NeoTex.cloud-2","offers":[{"title":"Clay-Coated Wallpaper \/ Sample (8in x 10in)","offer_id":67648825491592,"sku":"163854-NTX-1255-4028-STX","price":2.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Clay-Coated Wallpaper \/ Roll (24in x 12ft)","offer_id":67648825524360,"sku":"163854-NTX-1255-4027-STX","price":139.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Peel \u0026 Stick Wallpaper \/ Sample (8in x 10in)","offer_id":67648825557128,"sku":"163854-NTX-860-4028-STX","price":2.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Peel \u0026 Stick Wallpaper \/ Roll (24in x 12ft)","offer_id":67648825589896,"sku":"163854-NTX-860-4027-STX","price":159.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0679\/2914\/5480\/files\/wallpaper_roll_mockup_150_20261009_201707_f804df7a-e430-4139-b800-fe604a926dfa.webp?v=1791578396","url":"https:\/\/vintagebotanica.com\/products\/calimanco-forest-floor-cinnamon-wallpaper","provider":"vintagebotanica","version":"1.0","type":"link"}