Replica HOLT-restored Boston Manor House wallpaper now available to buy
- Heritage of London Trust
- Jun 9
- 1 min read
If you fancy adding a touch of HOLT's restoration work to your own living space, you're in luck. Hamilton Weston Wallpapers now offers a replica of the beautiful Boston Manor House wallpaper painstakingly restored in 2022 by Heritage of London Trust with support from Frank Knight.
The original wallpaper dates from 1757, and shows scenes inspired by the Grand Tours to Greece and Rome undertaken by young aristocrats at the time.
The rare linen rag-based paper features two young men exploring ancient ruins. The men are surrounded by a neo-classical sphinx on a pedestal, an obelisk and ruined temples. Foliage grows around the ruins, adding to the sense of abandonment and the otherworldliness of the men's adventures.
The Heritage of London Trust project on the wallpaper at Boston Manor House included surface cleaning, consolidation of the pigment, repair and removal of fragile sections to the workshop for detailed scans and treatment.
Allyson McDermott, arguably one of the world's leading authorities on conserving and recreating historic wallpapers, worked on the project. McDermott is the Former Head of Sotheby's Conservation Studio, Advisor to the National Trust and Chair of the Historic Interiors Group of ICON.
You can now visit Boston Manor House, which is open to visitors six days a week, and see the amazing restoration work carried out throughout this stunning Jacobean manor house.
And if you're inspired by what you see, you can recreate part of the house's unique 'look' at home thanks to HOLT and Hamilton Weston Wallpapers.
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