Zuber Wallpaper Restoration - Artisan Rooms

[@madeleinedomingue4151]

This is my heritage as my mother is a Zuber!

[@rgbeee.1826]

Thanks for sharing these panels.

[@1stEarlOfSurrey]

Very well done, looks terrific.

[@esmereldahipswitch]

Beautiful!!!

[@AndreasAndersson-ve4jx]

I once looked into ordering Zuber, for a fine old Condo i lived in in Gothenburg. Where it would have fitted... It was a period when i lived over my assets, but i decided it was too expensive, and used Victorian handprints from Bradbury & Bradbury instead... Rougly half cost Vs Zuber, still not exactly cheap...
I would absolutely not have been able to mount a distemper paper myself, or find anyone who could do it. I fully understand why they sealed the paper with polyurethane, but it is difficult to know how a regular commercial product like that ages... Or the darkening, was that just because it sort of saturated the surface, like when a matte surface, or a textile get wet?
I suppose artist supply companies would have something you could put on, that does not darken or yellow, perhaps a sealer for aquarelles? I guess it would cost the same as the Zuber paper in those quantities? But if you belong to the class that can afford a Zuber, i guess you can afford a sealer...
Perhaps a product like that could be put on before you mount the paper (without making it buckle or distort), to simplify the mounting? I.e. make it wipeable...
Today there are companies which make modern print-on-demand scenic papers similat to Zuber, more reasonable for us common mortals... I guess, if you order samples from some various companies, you could find one with nice resolution & colours, even close up... Colour laser printer can also look really good.

[@anacondasquezze4948]

You never showed the restoration

[@artisanrooms4701]

True, I didn’t have the camera equipment, it was on another job site. We have since invested in multiple sets. We just thought we could educate people on Zuber paper and it’s interesting characteristics and history.